Mass (surname)
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Mass is a surname
with either following meaning and origin:
People surnamed Mass include:
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
with either following meaning and origin:
- North GermanLow GermanLow German or Low Saxon is an Ingvaeonic West Germanic language spoken mainly in northern Germany and the eastern part of the Netherlands...
and DutchDutch languageDutch 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 the personal name ThomasThomas (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 MaasMaasMaas 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....
, MasMas (surname)Mas is a surname of Catalan and Occitan or North German and Dutch origin. It accounts for 0.068% of the population in Spain, with 0.879% found amongst Catalans, and 0.017% in France.-Origin and Meaning:...
. - Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name from GermanGerman languageGerman is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
Mass 'measure', 'measurement'.
People surnamed Mass include:
- Isaac MassIsaac MassIsaac James Mass is a Franklin County, Massachusetts politician and attorney.- Background :Mass was appointed to the Greenfield Planning Board shortly after graduating from Greenfield High School. Local officials backed his election bid to fill out the term of a resigning Precinct 9 Town...
(born 1976), a Massachusetts politician - Lawrence D. MassLawrence D. MassLawrence D. Mass, M.D. is an American physician and writer. A co-founder of Gay Men's Health Crisis, he wrote the first press reports on the epidemic that later became known as AIDS. He is the author of numerous publications on HIV, hepatitis C, STDs, gay health, psychiatry and sex research, and...
(born 1946), American physician and writer who wrote the first press reports on the disease AIDS - Wendy MassWendy MassWendy Mass , is an award-winning author of young-adult novels and children's books. Her most successful book was A Mango-Shaped Space which won the American Library Association Schneider Family Book Award for Middle School in 2004...
(born 1967), author of young adult and children's books - Miss MassMiss MassMiss Mass is a Canadian super villain in the Marvel Comics Universe, most notably as a member of Omega Flight, a group that battled Alpha Flight.-Fictional character biography:...
, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe - Sayla MassSayla Mass, is a fictional character from the Universal Century Gundam universe, first appearing in the groundbreaking 1979 43-episode anime series Mobile Suit Gundam...
, a fictional character in the Universal Century Gundam universe