The English surname Marston is of habitation origin, meaning the original  bearer was named after the place the lived. In the case of Marston, it is a name derived from any of the numerous places so called, of which there are examples in at least sixteen counties in England.. All get their names from Old English mersc  meaning “marsh” and  tun  meaning “ an enclosure or a settlement.” The name Marston is first recorded in English documents in 1273. Today there are 6,200 bearers of the surname Marston living in The United States.