The meese Surname
meese Name Meaning and History
- English: variant spelling of Meece.
- German and Dutch: nickname from the bird name mees ‘titmouse’, or a metonymic occupational name for a bird-catcher.
- Dutch: possibly a metonymic occupational name for a basketweaver, from Middle Dutch mese ‘(fish) basket’.
- Dutch: patronymic from a short form of the personal name Bartolomeus.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| MEESE |
 72hippie
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| meese |
paultictoc
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| tocher |
paultictoc
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| ONE NAME STUDY - Meese/Mees of UK |
HelenMeese
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| Researching MEASE, MEECE, MIESS etc? |
smschlack
| 11 |
| Meese & Easthorpe |
BrendaBelcher48
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| Joseph Meese, New Mexico | Diana Meese | 9 |
| MEES[E] Kingswinford, STS | Blanche CHARLES | 15 |
| Meese family |
bblchr
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| Illionis meese | diana meese | 5 |
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