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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Norwegian : habitational name from a farm name in Trøndelag, probably named with mose ‘moss’ + vin ‘meadow’.
  • German and Dutch : habitational name,Mössing, from Mössingen in Baden-Württemberg.

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