The Marchant Family Name

People called Marchant share their surname's story with Marchand, of which it is a variant. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Merchant”. Marchant writes “t” in place of the “d” found in Marchand, a typical scribal difference. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.

Related forms: Lemarchand and Marchandeau.

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