Marble Name Origin

Varble marler garbe jarboe martie barile bartle marie mable.

Marble name origin.

How common is the last name marble. Marbre persisted in english into early 15c from latin marmor from or cognate with greek marmaros marble gleaming stone of unknown origin perhaps originally an. Dictionary of american family names 2013 oxford university press. The first record of ownership of the estates was when randle earl of chester granted the manorial rights to robert of stockport.

Much of the early classical marble came from the marmaris sea above the aegean. 74 percent live in north america and 74 percent live in anglo. Marble n type of crystalline limestone much used in sculpture monuments etc early 14c by dissimilation from marbra mid 12c from old french marbre which itself underwent dissimilation of 2nd r to l in 14c. The surname marble arabic.

Early origins of the marble family. The word marble derives from the ancient greek μάρμαρον mármaron from μάρμαρος mármaros crystalline rock shining stone perhaps from the verb μαρμαίρω marmaírō to flash sparkle gleam. This is most likely the earliest scion of the marple family name. Marble occurs predominantly in the americas where 74 percent of marble live.

ماربل is found most in the united states. It may also be rendered as a variant. The surname marble was first found in cheshire where they held a family seat as lords of the manor of marple more anciently spelt merpul. Uncountable petrology a rock of crystalline limestone.

For other possible spellings of marble click here. The forms from french replaced old english marma which had previously been borrowed from latin. Probably from a form of the adjective marbré of marble from marbre marble hence an occupational name for a quarrier or worker in marble.