Meaning & origin
What it means
Messing goes back to German Messing, meaning “brass.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Messing’s family of names
In German usage, Messing as a surname has a related form in Messingschlager.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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