Maris (surname) explained
Maris is a surname with many origins. In Britain, the name (including De Maris) may be of Old French origin (see Marais (surname))[1] Both the Greek and Dutch surnames can be matronymics from "Maria".[2] The name can also represent respellings: the American baseball player Roger Maris was born with the Croatian name Maras,[3] [4] while the Dutch painting brothers Jacob, Matthijs and Willem Maris were grandchildren of Wenzel Maresch of Bohemia.[2] People with the surname Maris include:
- Ada Maris (born 1957), Mexican-American actress
- Albert Branson Maris (1893–1989), United States federal judge
- Bart Maris (born 1965), Belgian trumpet player
- Bernard Maris (1946–2015), French economist, writer and journalist
- Bill Maris, American entrepreneur
- Demetris Maris (born 1979), Greek footballer
- Ellen van Maris (born 1958), Dutch bodybuilder
- George Maris (born 1996), English football midfielder
- Georgios Maris (1882–1949), Greek politician, minister of the interior 1923/1933
- Humphrey Maris (born 1939), British physicist
- Hyllus Maris (1933–1986), Aboriginal Australian activist, poet and educator
- Jacob Maris (1837–1899), Dutch painter, brother of Willem and Matthijs
- Matthijs Maris (1839–1917), Dutch painter, etcher and lithographer, brother of Willem and Jacob
- Merrill De Maris (1898–1948), American writer who worked on Disney Comic Strips
- Mona Maris (1903–1991), Argentine film actress
- Peter Maris (born 1950s), Greek-born American film director and producer
- Roger Maris (1934–1985), American baseball player
- Simon Maris (1873–1935), Dutch painter and art dealer, son of Willem
- Willem Maris (1844–1910), Dutch landscape painter of the Hague School, brother of Matthijs and Jacob
In legend and fiction:
- Hector de Maris, Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend
- Nicole Maris, a major character in the 1999 film Drive Me Crazy
Notes and References
- http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Maris Maris
- http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_naam=Maris&nfd_naam=Maris&info=documentatie&operator=eq&taal= Maris
- News: Roger Maris Belongs in the Hall. Forbes.com. April 10, 2006. Rich. Karlgaard.
- News: Top 10 Championship Teams: No. 4, 1961. Yesnetwork.com. January 20, 2010.
