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Name Mast
Type Surname (from occupation & from nickname)
Other Forms Formsde Mast (Dutch)
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Meaning & History
Derived from Middle High German and Middle Dutch mast "mast (fodder made of acorns and beechnuts); the process of fattening livestock", an occupational name for a pig farmer or a swineherd. In some cases, however, the German name may also have been derived from Middle High German mast, mastic "fat, stout".