Mares Family History
Mares Name Meaning
Catalan (Marès also Marés): topographic name from Catalan marès ‘by the sea’. English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Le Marais-la-Chapelle (Calvados) Marais-Vernier (Eure) or various other minor places in northern France named with Old French marais Norman-Picard marese ‘marsh’. Flemish and Dutch: metronymic from the personal name Marie (see Maria ). Czech and Slovak (Mareš): from a derivative of the personal names Marek or Martin . Romanian (Mareş): nickname from the adjective mare ‘big’ + the suffix –eş of Slavic origin.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022