Given name & surname
Massey
“a superior man”
Massey is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a superior man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a superior man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
In English usage, Massey as a surname developed from Matthew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Massey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 112
- 69 boys · 43 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 265 as a first name in 2020; 52,666 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Massey’s family of names
In English usage, Massey as a surname developed from Matthew. Massey has a related form in Masie. Massey has a related form in Masey.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 15
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Massey
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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