Mârsh
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Mârsh is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Middle English merssh, from Old English mersċ, merisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk, derived from *mari, equivalent to mere (“sea, body of water”) + -ish. Doublet of marish and morass.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 2.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 3.1K
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 3.3K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Mârsh itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 521 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.5K (inferred from the name graph)
62,304 people, 2010
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
United Kingdom, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Marsh in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 3 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Middle Englishmerssh(measured from records)
- Old Englishmersċ(measured from records)
- Proto-West Germanic*marisk(measured from records)
From Middle English merssh, from Old English mersċ, merisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk, derived from *mari, equivalent to mere (“sea, body of water”) + -ish. Doublet of marish and morass. Cognate with West Frisian mersk, Dutch meers (“grassland, meadow”), German Marsch. More at mere.
Sources 8
- A concise dictionary of first names
- A dictionary of surnames
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Mârsh counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #458 | 62,304 | 1 in 5.3K | 62K | Marsh | 521 |
| GB United Kingdom | #198 | ≈26,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.5K | listed | Marsh | 293 |
| CA Canada | #385 | ≈8,400 est. | ≈1 in 4.5K | 1 | Marsh | 211 |
| AU Australia | #276 | ≈8,100 est. | ≈1 in 3.1K | 3 | Marsh | 198 |
| IT Italy | #877 | ≈6,300 est. | ≈1 in 9.9K | listed | Marsh | 34 |
| CZ Czechia | — | 5,038as Mach | 1 in 2.1K | 5K | — | — |
| NZ New Zealand | #249 | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 3.3K | — | Marsh | 119 |
62,304 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; MVČR — living population register 2017. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Mârsh mean, and where does it come from?
- From Middle English merssh, from Old English mersċ, merisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk, derived from *mari, equivalent to mere (“sea, body of water”) + -ish. Doublet of marish and morass. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and A dictionary of surnames and 6 other sources.
- Is Mârsh a male or female name?
- Mârsh is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Mârsh have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 62 thousand people named Mârsh, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled marsh.
- How common is the name Mârsh?
- In the United States, the national register counted 62,304 people named Mârsh in 2010, about 1 in 5.3 thousand residents.
- How common is Mârsh compared with other names?
- In the United States, Mârsh is the 458th most common surname of 6,282,806 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Mârsh” — the 458th most common surname in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.