Maze
English
Etymology
- As an English surname, variant of Mays.
- As an English and Irish surname, variant of Maye, from Irish Ó Miadhaigh (“descendant of Miadhach”), see miadh (“esteem, respect”). Compare May.
- As a Breton surname Mazé, shortened from Mazéo, Breton form of Matthew.
- As a French surname Mazé, from a place in Maine-et-Loire, from Latin Masiacum (“estate of Masius”).
- Also as a French surname, shortened pet form of Thomas.
- Also as a French surname, variant of Mas, from the noun mas (“farmhouse”).
- As a Slovene surname, shortened from Tomaž, a form of Thomas. Or, from the verb mazati (“to grease”).
- As an Ashkenazic Jewish surname, from Hebrew מאז"ה (Mazeh), an acronym of מִזֶּרַע אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן (mi-zéra' Aharón ha-Kohén, “from the seed of Aaron the priest”), compare Cohen.
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