Origin and Meaning

• Catalan
  Catalan language
  Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...
  
   and Occitan: topographic name for someone who lived in an isolated dwelling in the country, rather than in a village, from Catalan
  Catalan language
  Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...
  
   and Occitan mas 'farmstead' (Late Latin
  Late Latin
  Late Latin is the scholarly name for the written Latin of Late Antiquity. The English dictionary definition of Late Latin dates this period from the 3rd to the 6th centuries AD extending in Spain to the 7th. This somewhat ambiguously defined period fits between Classical Latin and Medieval Latin...
  
   mansum, mansus).
• North German
  Low German
  Low German or Low Saxon is an Ingvaeonic West Germanic language spoken mainly in northern Germany and the eastern part of the Netherlands...
  
   and Dutch
  Dutch language
  Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
  
  : from a short form of Thomas
  Thomas (surname)
  Thomas is a common surname used in British , French, German, Dutch, Danish, and southern India .It derives from the medieval personal name, of Biblical origin, from Aramaic t'om'a, a byname meaning 'twin'. It was borne by one of the disciples of Christ, best known for his scepticism about Christ's...
  
  . Compare Maas
  Maas
  Maas is the name, in English borrowed from the Dutch language, of a river that is also named Meuse , in English borrowed from French language. The practical use in English may be influenced by the context at a lower or upper stream location....
  
   and Mass
  Mass (surname)
  Mass is a surname with either following meaning and origin:*North German and Dutch: from a short form of the personal name Thomas. Compare Maas, Mas.*Jewish : metonymic occupational name from German Mass 'measure', 'measurement'....
  
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People

• Alejandro Bofill Mas (born 1960), Catalan chess player and FIDE international master
• Alphonse Mas (1817-1875), French President of the French Pomological Society and Ain Horticultural Society
• André Boyer-Mas (1904-1972), French cleric and diplomat
• Andreu Mas-Colell
  Andreu Mas-Colell
  Andreu Mas-Colell is a Spanish economist, an expert in microeconomics and one of the world's leading mathematical economists. He is the founder of the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics and a professor in the department of economics at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain...
  
   (born 1944), Catalan economist
• Antoni Colom Mas
  Antonio Colom
  Antonio Colom Mas is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer from Bunyola. He is a specialist in short stage races, having won the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana in 2006, the Vuelta a Mallorca in 2004 and the Vuelta a Andalucía in 2002....
  
   (born 1978), Catalan cyclist
• Antoni Mas i Borràs, Knight of the Order of Montesa
• Antoni Mas Fornés (born 1968), historian and writer, who in 2005 received the OCB Miquel dels Sants Oliver Prize
• Anna Genover-Mas
  Anna Genover-Mas
  Anna Genover-Mas is a Catalan journalist and writer of children's books, one of which won the Vicenta Ferrer Vila de Paterna prize for the best children's literature book of 2007....
  
   (born 1963), Catalan journalist and writer of children's books, one of which won the Vicenta Ferrer Vila de Paterna prize for the best children's literature book of 2007
• Arcadi Mas i Fontdevila (1852-1934), Catalan painter and artist and founder of the Sitges Luminista School
• Artur Mas i Gavarró
  Artur Mas i Gavarró
  Artur Mas i Gavarró is a Spanish politician. He is the President of the Generalitat de Catalunya, having assumed office on December 27, 2010 after winning the November 2010 election...
  
   (born 1956), Catalan politician
• Bernat Mas "des Plá del Rey", knighted for his service to King John II of Castile in the wars against the Prince of Vienna
• Carlos Mas Samora (born 1957), Catalan former all-terrain motorcyclist
• Carolyne Mas
  Carolyne Mas
  Carolyne Mas is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and producer. Mas broke out of the Greenwich Village music scene boom of the late 1970s, along with other artists such as Steve Forbert, The Roches, and Willie Nile...
  
   (born 1955), American singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist and producer
• Francesc Joan Mas (born 1522), Catalan philosopher
• Francesc Mas i Ros (1901-1985), Catalan composer
• Francis Mas (1936-2006), French former player for the French rugby union team and rugby league team
• Gabriel Mas Arbona (born 1933), Catalan cyclist, known for placing in the 1959 Volta a Espanya and winning the 1960 Volta a Andalusia
• Guillem Mas, among those who formed the "Sixteen" in 1521
• Jaume Mas "des Plá del Rey", alderman of the municipality of Palma
• Jaume Mas
  Jaume Mas (bishop)
  Jaume Mas was the Bishop of Vic in Tarragona, Spain ....
  
  , Bishop of Vic (1674-1684)
• Jean-Baptiste Charles Mas de Polart (born 1775), French General and Lieutenant General
• Jeanne Mas
  Jeanne Mas
  Jeanne Mas, born on 28 February 1958 in Alicante, Spain, is a French pop singer and actress.She was well known in France, Switzerland and Belgium for a number of hit singles released in the 1980s. From the late eighties onwards her career slid into the has-been category. Her first success was...
  
   (born 1958), Catalan born French pop singer and actress
• Joan Mas (born 1520), in 1550 fought against the Turks that had invaded Pollensa
• Joan Mas i Bauzà (1928-1992), Catalan writer
• Juan Vicente Mas Quiles (born 1921), Catalan orchestra and band conductor and composer
• Joan Mas i Cantí, Catalan economist
• Joan Mas i Ramon (born 1932), Catalan postimpressionist painter
• Joan Mas i Vives (born 1951), Catalan literary critic, author and philologist
• Josep Moragues i Mas
  Josep Moragues i Mas
  Josep Moragues i Mas was a Catalan general during the War of the Spanish Succession. He fought on the Archduke Charles side....
  
   (1669-1715), Catalan General who fought in the War of Spanish Succession
• Jorge Mas Canosa
  Jorge Mas Canosa
  Jorge Mass Canosa was a Cuban-American activist best known for his strong opposition to Fidel Castro and his leadership of the Cuban American National Foundation. He was considered by some to be the leading figure in the Cuban exile community in Miami, Florida...
  
   (1939-1997), Cuban-American activist best known for his strong opposition to Fidel Castro and his leadership of the Cuban-American National Foundation
• Josep Vicenç Foix i Mas (1893-1987), Catalan poet, journalist and essayist
• Lluís Mas i Borràs, Knight of the Order of Montesa
• Lluís Mas i Pons (1903-1975), Catalan lawyer, teacher, poet and writer
• Lluís Mas i Ossó (1908-1984), Catalan athlete and politician
• Manuel Mas Ribó
  Manuel Mas Ribó
  Manuel Mas Ribo was the foreign minister of Andorra from 1994 to 1997....
  
   (born 1946), former foreign minister of Andorra
• Miguel Mas, member in 1569 of the Gran and General Counsel of the Kingdom of Spain
• Miguel Mas
  Miguel Mas
  Miguel Mas is an Argentinian actor, writer, and director, known for his roles on television, as a guest star on the long-running medical drama ER. He has also had roles in Days of our Lives and General Hospital.-Biography:...
  
   (born 1967), Argentinian actor, producer, director and screenwriter, known for his roles on television, as a guest star on the long-running medical drama ER
• Miquel Mas Ferrà (born 1950), Catalan writer
• Miquel Mas Gayà (born 1943), Catalan cycling world champion
• Nicolas Mas
  Nicolas Mas
  Nicolas Mas is a Catalan/French rugby union footballer, who currently plays for the USA Perpignan club in the Top 14 French premiership. His usual position is at prop. He also plays for the French national team....
  
   (born 1980), French player for the French rugby union team
• Nicolas Mas-Castellane (died 1586), French Huguenot General in the French Wars of Religion
• Oscar Más
  Oscar Más
  Oscar Más is an Argentine former football striker. He played the majority of his career for River Plate, and is the club's second highest goalscorer of all-time....
  
   (born 1946), Argentine former football striker for Club Atlético River Plate
• Pere Sampol Mas (born 1951), Cantalan technical engineer in the electronics industry, known for his political facet of the PSM
• Father Vicente Mas, member of the Carthusian Order
• Regino Más i Marí (1899-1968), Catalan Falles artist
• Roger Mas (born 1931), French politician
• Salvador Mas i Conde (born 1951), Catalan conductor and musical and artistic director of the City of Granada Orchestra
• Sergi Mas, Andorran sculptor, designer, illustrator, painter, engraver, lithographer and writer
• Sergi Mas y Abad (born 1964), Catalan actor and journalist
• Sinibaldo de Mas
  Sinibaldo de Mas
  Sinibaldo de Mas y Sanz was a known Spanish government diplomat to Asia during the 19th century. An adventurer and a poet, he introduced photography in the Philippines in 1841. He was also a Spanish ambassador to Macau. He was also a supporter of Iberian Federalism, having proposed a combined...
  
  (1809-1868), Catalan sinologist, painter, calligrapher, writer, ambassador, adventurer, photography pioneer, and known Spanish government diplomat to Asia during the 19th century