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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Marder, Yiddish marder ‘pine marten’ (see 2).
  • German : nickname from Middle High German marder ‘pine marten’. This was sometimes used as a nickname for a thief.

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