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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : occupational name for a buyer and seller of goods, from Old French, Middle English march(e)ant, Late Latin mercatans (see Marchand).
  • Indian (Gujarat and Bombay city) : Muslim and Parsi occupational name for a trader, from the English vocabulary word merchant.

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