The musson Surname
musson Name Meaning and History
- English (East Midlands): of uncertain origin, ostensibly a patronymic, though Reaney believes it to be a nickname from Anglo-Norman French muisson ‘sparrow’.
- French: variant of Musset (see Mussett 1).
- French: nickname from Old French moisson, mousson, ‘sparrow’.
- French: habitational name from Mousson in Meuse-et-Moselle, named with the Latin personal name Montius + the suffix -onem, or alternatively, with Latin mons ‘mountain’ + the suffix -ionem.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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