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First name origin & meaning: French: Stoneworker First name variations: Masen, Mase, Masin, Masoon, Masun, Masyn Last name origins & meanings:
- English and Scottish: occupational name for a stonemason,
Middle English, Old French mas(s)on. Compare Machen.
Stonemasonry was a hugely important craft in the Middle
Ages.
- Italian (Veneto): from a short form of Masone.
- French: from a regional variant of maison ‘house’.
- George Mason (1725–92), the American colonial statesman who
framed the VA Bill of Rights and Constitution, which was used as a
model by Thomas Jefferson when drafting the Declaration of Independence, was
a VA planter, fourth in descent from George Mason (?1629–?86), a
royalist soldier of the English Civil War who had received land grants
in VA. As well as being prominent in the affairs of VA, the family
also produced the first governor of MI.
Famous people who gave their babies this name:
Kelsey Grammer,
Cuba Gooding,
Melissa Joan Hart,
Kourtney Kardashian This name appears in the following lists:
Black History/Civil Rights Leaders
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