Massa
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 8 babies a year in England and Wales.
Massa by the numbers
In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Massa. In the US, 10 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 10 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Massa
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Massa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mansaking; ruler35 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maysawalking with a proud gait35 in England and Wales (2025)
- Masagood; true; righteous23 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mahsalike the moon18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mashastar of the sea; russian diminutive of maria15 in the US (2017)
- Maisa13 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Massa
Names that are said the same way as Massa, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Massa
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