Messing

A surname from German.

Proper noun

  1. A surname from German.

Origin

Borrowed from German Messing (“brass”), a metonymic occupational surname for a brazier.

Forms

Messings

Proper noun Entry 2

  1. A village in Messing-cum-Inworth parish, Colchester district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8918).

Origin

From the Old English personal name *Mæcca + -ing (“belonging to”).

Derived

Messing-cum-Inworth