Messer

Used in: 3 countries

Origin: German

Two main origins: * Borrowed from German Messer (“knife”), a metonymic occupational surname for a cutler. * An English occupational surname for someone who kept watch over harvested crops, from Old French messier (“harvest warden”).

Etymology: Wiktionary (CC-BY-SA)

Name Variants & Related

Messeri Derived from Messer
Messere Derived from Messer
Messerle Derived from Messer
Messervy Derived from Messer
Messerer Derived from Messer
Messerly Derived from Messer
Messersi Derived from Messer
Messerli Derived from Messer
Messe Root name
Abderhalden German origin

Popularity by Country

Messer

Rank #1657

Frequency 19,819 people (7.35 per 100k)

Ethnic Distribution

White 95.49% Hispanic 1.38% Black 1% Asian/PI 0.35% Native Am. 0.7% Two+ 1.07%

U.S. Census Bureau Surnames ↗

Messer

Rank #5914

ONS + GRO (merged) ↗

Messer

Rank #26698

INSEE Death Records 1970-2024 ↗

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