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Masse 1
Type Surname
Usage Dutch
Other Forms FormsMassen

Meaning & History

Derived from Middle Dutch masse "clog; cudgel", this name might have been a metonymic occupational name for someone who wielded a club. In some cases, however, it may also have been a patronymic of Maas.
Added 8/3/2008 by anonymous
Edited 3/11/2022 by Beautiful Victory and Frollein Gladys

Masse 2
Type Surname (from occupation)
Other Forms FormsMassé, Mace

Meaning & History

English: variant of Mace
French (Picardy): metonymic occupational name from masse ‘mace’, ‘hammer’.
French: habitational name from places called Masse (Allier and Cô-d’Or), or La Masse (Eure, Lot, Puy-de-Dôme, Saône-et-Loire).
French (Massé): habitational name from a place called Massé in Maine-et-Loire, so named from Gallo-Roman Macciacum (from the personal name Maccius + the locative suffix -acum).
Added 6/17/2016 by LMS
Edited 3/11/2022 by Frollein Gladys