Maso Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

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

Meaning of the name

Records tie Maso closely to Masi. Read literally, Maso points to “from Maso, a short form of Tommaso”.

The change of ending between Masi and Maso reflects the Italian habit of naming a family in the plural or the singular. In the Spanish register, Maso appears 1,896 times as a first surname and 1,778 times as a second one. INSEE counts 386 people born in France with the Maso surname between 1891 and 2000; the busiest decade was 1941–1950.

Want more than a summary? See the Maso family name pack.