Massy Family Crest & Name History

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Massey surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

Meaning of the name

The last name Massy is a variant form of Massey, a well-known English family name. It is a place-based name: “From Macey in Normandy”.

Massy drops the “e” of Massey, a simplification that clerks often made. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. In the 2010 US Census, 240 Americans gave Massy as their last name (rank 79,338). That puts it inside the top 100,000 US surnames. French birth records list 1,755 children named Massy between 1891 and 2000.

Get the complete Massy report, with a museum-style coat of arms.