Submitted Surname Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
10/4/2013, 10:49 AM	babycrookston
9/29/2013, 2:54 PM	babycrookston

Name Marjoribanks

Type Surname (from location)

Usage Scottish

Pronounced Pron. MAHRCH-bangks

Other Forms FormsMarchbanks

Edit Status Status not set

Meaning & History

Reputedly from the name of a Scottish estate (Ratho-Marjoribankis) bestowed on Robert the Bruce's daughter MARJORIE on her marriage in 1316. A fictional bearer is Lucilla Marjoribanks, the heroine of Margaret Oliphant's novel 'Miss Marjoribanks' (1866).

Added 9/29/2013 by babycrookston