Last name: MARS

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MARS : This last name is indexed 166,935 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

MARS : 1: Scottish and English: variant of Marrs.2: French: habitational name from any of several places called Mars (Ardèche Ardennes Gard Loire Nièvre and Meurthe-et-Moselle) from the Latin personal name Marcius (the name of the proprietor of the villa) used adjectivally. The surname could also be derived directly from the personal name. Compare Demars 2.3: French: from an old vernacular form of the personal name Médard (see Medard).4: French: from mars the name of the month of March probably applied as a nickname for someone born or baptized in that month or for a foundling discovered in March or perhaps denoting seed sown in March and hence a metonymic occupational name for an arable grower. See also 5 below.5: West Indian (mainly Haiti) and Mauritian: from Mars the name of the Roman god of war applied as a nickname or ornamental name or from the personal name Mars of the same origin. The name may also be of the same French origin as the name in 4 above.6: Dutch (also Van der Mars or Van de Mars): topographic name for someone living by a mars denoting lush alluvial land by a watercourse. Compare Marsman and Meers.7: Slovenian (also Marš): unexplained. Compare Marsh 3.

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