Marri Family Crest & Name History

Genealogists group Marri with Marra. It is a place-based name: “from marra, a hoe, for a farm worker”. Marri and Marra differ only in the final vowel; Italian surnames often appear in singular and plural versions. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

The 2010 US Census counted 205 people named Marri, ranking it number 90,113 among American surnames.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Marri, so the heraldry linked to Marra is a starting point, not an automatic right. For the full story, order the Marri surname pack.