Marder Surname: Origin, Meaning & Coat of Arms

Marder began as a German family name. In Elsdon Smith's reading, the name described “dweller at the sign of the marten; dweller in a place infested by martens”.

• 1,016 Americans were listed as Marder in the 2010 census.
• Landscape names of this kind told neighbours where a family's house stood.

Family crest and blazon

Coats of arms were borne by individual families. If arms are recorded under the Marder name, our researchers explain whose they were and how they were blazoned. Research your Marder family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.