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Surname Etymology and Meaning of MASSEY

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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. English and Scottish (of Norman origin) and French: habitational name from any of various places in northern France which get their names from the Gallo-Roman personal name Maccius + the locative suffix -acum.
2. English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Marcy in La Manche. This surname is preserved in the English place name Stondon Massey.
3. English: from a pet form of Matthew.
4. Altered spelling of French Massé (see Masse 4).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)