The messner Surname
messner Name Meaning and History
South German: occupational name for a sexton, churchwarden, or
verger, Middle High German mesnære (Old High German
mesinari, from Late Latin ma(n)sionarius, a
derivative of mansio, genitive mansionis, ‘house (of
God)’, ‘church’). The double -s- is the result of association
with Messe ‘Mass’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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