The story
- Old Norse · derived frommarr“marsh, pool, fen”
- English todayMarr
* As a Scottish surname, from the district of Mar in Aberdeenshire, itself named after the clan (see also Clan Mar). * As an English surname, from placenames derived from Old Norse marr (“marsh, pool, fen”). * As a Chinese surname, Romanized from 馬 /马 (mǎ), see Ma.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.