Mackrell
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Mackrell
Frequency: (157)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
English: 1. nickname from Old French maquerel ‘bawd’. 2. from Middle English makerel ‘mackerel’ (the fish), hence a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or a seller of these fish. 3. Possibly also from Middle English mackerel ‘red scorch marks (on the skin)’, perhaps a descriptive nickname for someone with a noticeable birthmark.
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