[Surname] Surname Mosier
I am curious about the meaning of my last name Mosier. The only history I know about it is it was orginally spelled Moser and was changed when my ancestors came to the U.S. from Germany sometime in the 1800's.
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The surname Moser is orginally german but it has now spread throughout Europe: it comes from names of places that indicate
muddy places o even peat areas
muddy places o even peat areas
Moser denotes someone who lived at a place called Mos or Moos. The name tells us that such a place was muddy, and is a common one. Mooser is another version of this surname. (All from Jean Tosti's website).
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There are more possible derivations of the German name Moser:
1. from various place-names like Moos or Moser (Bavaria, Austria),
2. same as Möser (O umlaut): "greengrocer" (from Middle Low German "mos" = cabbage, vegetables) or "mortar" from Middle Low German "moser, moyser") or again various place-names (usually containing the element "moos" = moss)
3. in a Jewish context it could be used as an equivalent to Moses
All of this is taken from:
Rosa and Volker Kohlheim (ed.): Familiennamen, Mannheim 2000 (Duden Verlag)
Andy ;—)
There are more possible derivations of the German name Moser:
1. from various place-names like Moos or Moser (Bavaria, Austria),
2. same as Möser (O umlaut): "greengrocer" (from Middle Low German "mos" = cabbage, vegetables) or "mortar" from Middle Low German "moser, moyser") or again various place-names (usually containing the element "moos" = moss)
3. in a Jewish context it could be used as an equivalent to Moses
All of this is taken from:
Rosa and Volker Kohlheim (ed.): Familiennamen, Mannheim 2000 (Duden Verlag)
Andy ;—)