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| Subject: | Re: Messiaen surname. |
| Author: | Marc (guest, 65.94.234.75) |
| Date: | May 16, 2011 at 8:56:39 AM |
| Reply to: | Messiaen surname. by Dorchadas |
According to Germain & Herbillon's Dictionnaire des noms de famille en Wallonie et à Bruxelles, Messiaen is an apheresis of Domitia(e)n which comes from the Latin name Domitius (< domus 'house'). See also http://www.geneanet.org/nom-de-famille/domitien for variants.
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