# Marr

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #25,132

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A small village and civil parish (without a council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5105).
3. A committee area in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland.

## Etymology
* As a Scottish surname, from the district of Mar in Aberdeenshire, itself named after the clan (see also Clan Mar).
* As an English surname, from placenames derived from Old Norse marr (“marsh, pool, fen”).
* As a Chinese surname, Romanized from 馬 /马 (mǎ), see Ma.

## Easily confused with
- **Mr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marr-vs-mr)
- **may** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marr-vs-may)
- **Mrs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marr-vs-mrs)
- **max** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marr-vs-max)
- **mat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marr-vs-mat)
- **MRI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marr-vs-mri)
- **mir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marr-vs-mir)
- **mer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marr-vs-mer)
- **MOR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marr-vs-mor)
- **Mau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marr-vs-mau)
- **maw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marr-vs-maw)
- **MRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marr-vs-mrt)
- **MRC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marr-vs-mrc)
- **MRP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marr-vs-mrp)
- **more** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marr-vs-more)
- **mass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marr-vs-mass)
- **Mary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marr-vs-mary)
- **mate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marr-vs-mate)
- **matt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marr-vs-matt)
- **math** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marr-vs-math)

## Common misspellings (3)
`amrr`, `mmarr`, `mrar`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/marr