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Offline brown12

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Mizen
« on: Friday 29 June 07 11:43 BST (UK) »
 

I am interested in hearing form anyone who has researched the origin of the surname Mizen.

I would like to know where it came from.

Many Thanks
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Re: Mizen
« Reply #1 on: Friday 29 June 07 17:16 BST (UK) »
Mizen is a habitation name from Misson in Nottinghamshire, apparently from a Germanic element denoting a marshy place, akin to Moss. Belgian Muizen and Dutch Mijsen. Variations are Mizzen and Mizon.
(The Oxford Names Companion)

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