Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A surname. · A former prison in Northern Ireland; in full, HM Prison Maze. · A townland in County Down, Northern Ireland, the site of the former prison (Irish grid ref J 2261). · An unincorporated community in Delaware Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, United States.
* 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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- Derivation mentionÓ Miadhaighga · descendant of Miadhach
- Derivation mentionMasiacumla · estate of Masius
- Derivation mentionמאז"הhe
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