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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Spanish (Mármol) : from mármol ‘marble’; perhaps a topographic name for someone who lived in an area of marble, a habitational name from either of two places called El Mármol (in Cádiz and Jaén provinces), a metonymic occupational name for a stonemason or quarryman, or a nickname for a cold, unresponsive person.
  • Polish : nickname from Polish dialect marmolić ‘to dawdle’; also meaning ‘to get dirty’.

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