Maze

• 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.

Maze

1. A surname.
2. HM Prison Maze, a former prison in Northern Ireland.

• Maez, Meza