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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Mesnières in Seine-Maritime, recorded in the 13th century as Maneria, a derivative of Latin manere ‘to remain, abide, reside’. See also Menzies.

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