The massey Surname
massey Name Meaning and History
- 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.
- English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Marcy in La Manche. This surname is preserved in the English place name Stondon Massey.
- English: from a pet form of Matthew.
- Altered spelling of French Massé (see Masse 4).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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