Mass (surname)

Mass is a surname with either following meaning and origin:

• North German and Dutch: from a short form of the personal name Thomas. Compare Maas, Mas.
• Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name from German Mass 'measure', 'measurement'.^[1]

People surnamed Mass include:

• Isaac Mass (born 1976), a Massachusetts politician
• Lawrence D. Mass (born 1946), American physician and writer who wrote the first press reports on the disease AIDS
• Wendy Mass (born 1967), author of young adult and children's books
• Miss Mass, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe
• Sayla Mass, a fictional character in the Universal Century Gundam universe

References

1. ^ Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508137-4. 

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