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Surname Etymology and Meaning of QUARRY

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Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

1. Irish and Manx: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Guaire (see McQuarrie).
2. English (of Norman origin): nickname for a thickset or portly man, from Anglo-Norman French quaré ‘square’. Compare Carré (see Carre).
3. English: from Middle English quarey ‘quarry’, a topographic name for someone who lived near a stone quarry, or a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked in one.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)