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Surname Etymology and Meaning of MAZZA

Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

1. nickname or metonymic occupational name from mazza ‘club’, ‘mace’, ‘sledge hammer’.
2. nickname for a destructive individual, from a derivative of Italian (am)mazzare ‘to kill or destroy’ (Latin mactare).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)