The mace Surname
mace Name Meaning and History
- English: from a medieval personal name, a survival of Old English Mæssa, which came to be taken as a pet form of Matthew.
- English: possibly a metonymic occupational name for a mace-bearer, from Old French masse ‘mace’.
- English: habitational name from Macé in Orne, France.
- French (Macé): variant of Massey; also a vernacular form of the personal name Mathieu (see Matthew).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Orpha Mace m. Asa Church 28 March 1832 in Richland Co., Ohio |
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| Spc. Stephan L. Mace of Lovettsville, Va. d. 3 Oct 2009 |
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| MACE Irene M 1911-1984 |
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