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Marsh name meaning

First Name
385
in the U.S.
since 1880
Last Name
62k
in the U.S.
in 2010
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Meaning and Origin

What does the name Marsh mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Marsh

User Submitted Origins

English
50%
Hebrew
23%
Slavic
18%
Anglo-Saxon
5%
Jewish
5%

User Submitted Meanings

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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun Marsh
A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass.

Etymology: OE. mersch, AS. mersc, fr. mere lake. See Mere pool, and cf. Marish Morass

Other Dictionary Sources
  1. Low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water ("thousands of acres of marshland")
    Synonyms: fen, fenland, and marshland
  2. New Zealand writer of detective stories (1899-1982)
    Synonyms: ngaio marsh
  3. United States painter (1898-1954)
    Synonyms: reginald marsh
Wiktionary

From Middle English mersh, mershe, from Old English merisc, mersc, from Proto-Germanic *mariskaz (compare West Frisian mersk, Dutch meers (“grassland, meadow”), German Marsch), from *mari ‘mere’. More at mere.

  1. An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass.
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Notable Persons Named Marsh

Notable Persons Named Marsh

Marsh Giddings

Marsh Giddings was a Governor of New Mexico Territory. Marsh was born on November 19th, 1816 in Sherman, Connecticut. He breathed his last breath on June 3rd, 1875.

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Marsh Ryman

Marsh was born on June 26th, 1910. Marsh is also known as Ryman and Marshall W.. He breathed his last breath on January 31st, 1992.

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Marsh Engineering Company

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Marsh Williams

Marsh Williams was a baseball player. Marsh was born on February 21st, 1893 in Faison, North Carolina. He breathed his last breath on February 22nd, 1935.

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Marsh Darling

His most notable accomplishments were from 1935 to 1950. Marsh was born on January 31st, 1919 in Edinburgh. He died on October 27th, 2009.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Marsh

Notable Persons With the Last Name Marsh

Jodie Marsh

Jodie was given the name Jodie Louise Marsh on December 23rd, 1978 in Brentwood, Essex, England.

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Jean Marsh

Jean Marsh is an actress and writer. Her career lasted from 1953 to 1953. Jean was given the name Jean Lyndsey Torren Marsh on July 1st, 1934 in Stoke Newington, London, England.

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Kym Marsh

Kym Marsh is an actress, singer, and songwriter. Kym was given the name Kimberley Gail Marsh on June 13th, 1976 in Whiston, Merseyside, England. Kym is also known as Kym Ryder and Kym Lomas.

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Dottie West

Dottie West was a country music and country pop musician. She was most active from 1959 to 1959. Dottie was given the name Dorothy Marie Marsh on October 11th, 1932 in Smithville, Tennessee, U.S. She left this life on September 4th, 1991.

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Stan Marsh

Stan Marsh is a student at south park elementary, former paper boy, and paperboy. Stan is also known as Toolshed.

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James Marsh

James Marsh is a director. James was born on April 30th, 1963 in Truro, Cornwall, UK.

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  • Ngaio Marsh
    Writer
  • Terry Marsh
    Boxer
  • Michelle Marsh
    Model
  • Mae Marsh
    Film Actress
  • George Perkins Marsh
    15th United States Ambassador to Italy
  • Othniel Charles Marsh
    Scientist
  • Sky Sunlight Saxon
    Musician
  • Geoff Marsh
    Cricketer
  • Cassius Marsh
    Athlete
  • Reginald Marsh
    Artist
  • John Marsh
    Medical Doctor
  • Serani
    Musician
  • Warne Marsh
    Musician
  • The Lord Moore of Lower Marsh
    For Croydon Central

Common last names for Marsh

Common first names for Marsh

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Marsh U.S.
█  White 82.74% 64.26%
█  African American 12.04% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 0.54% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.57% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 1.90% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 2.22% 16.26%

Of Last Name Marsh

People with the last name Marsh are most frequently White or African American

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Fun Facts about the name Marsh

  • What name lists does Marsh rank for?
    #537Popular Surnames
  • How Popular is the name Marsh? Marsh is the 19,609th most popular name of all time. As a last name Marsh was the 537th most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Marsh have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 385 babies born with the first name Marsh in the United States. That's more than enough people named Marsh to occupy the territory of Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom) with an estimated population of 66 (as of July 1, 2008).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Marsh? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1882 when it was given as a first name to 7 new born babies.
  • When was Marsh first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Marsh is Monday, September 18th, 1871.
  • What year had the most people named Marsh born? The highest recorded use of the first name Marsh was in 1956 with a total of 14 babies.
  • Weird things about the name Marsh: The name spelled backwards is Hsram. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Rahsm. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Marsh? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 62,304 people with the last name Marsh.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Marsh? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 21 of them will have Marsh as their last name.
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