as a Last Name
- 21,739
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Messer
Meaning & Origins
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.
| 1,662nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 21,739
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Kentucky
- has the most people named Messer per capita
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