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Type Surname (from location)
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. /ˈmɑɹ.tən/(American English) /ˈmɑː.tən/(British English)  [key·simplify]
Other Forms FormsMarten, Martone

Meaning & History

habitational name from any of several places so called Marton principally in Lincolnshire, Warwickshire, and North Yorkshire named in Old English as "settlement by a lake" (from mere or mær "pool, lake" and tun "settlement") or as "settlement by a boundary" (from gemære "boundary" and tun "settlement").
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See Also

Márton