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Mason

Old French (occupational surname) · M
“stoneworker, one who builds with stone”
Where it comes from
maçon, 'stoneworker'
Also known as
Originally an occupational surname, with cognate forms in Macon (French) and Maurer (German, a different root)
Fun Fact
Originally an occupational surname for someone who worked with stone, it crossed over into common use as a first name only in recent decades, part of a broader trend of surname-turned-given-names in America.
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