Messer

in Nebraska

There are 29 people with the last name "Messer" in Nebraska.

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Ranking in Nebraska

NameRank
Messer 8,531
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  1. is 8,527th most common Mcalevy
  2. is 8,528th most common Medbery
  3. is 8,529th most common Menze
  4. is 8,530th most common Merryman
  5. is 8,531st most common Messer
  6. is 8,532nd most common Mihm
  7. is 8,533rd most common Milke
  8. is 8,534th most common Minardi
  9. is 8,535th most common Mines

Most Common First Names for Messer

Anthony, Heather, Amanda, Betty, Bill, Brian, Charles, Deborah, Joseph, Josephine



Meaning & History

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a cutler, from Middle High German mezzer ‘knife’, from Old High German mezzirahs, mezzisahs, a compound of maz ‘food’, ‘meat’ + sahs ‘knife’, ‘sword’. The Jewish name is from German Messer ‘knife’ or Yiddish meser.

German: occupational name for an official in charge of measuring the dues paid in kind by tenants, from an agent derivative of Middle High German mezzen ‘to measure’.

English and Scottish: occupational name for someone who kept watch over harvested crops, Middle English, Older Scots mess(i)er, from Old French messier (see Messier).


Recent Searches for "Messer" in Nebraska

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Anthony Messer, NE (8 searches)

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