Mass (surname)
# Mass (surname)

Mass is a surname with either following meaning and origin:

* North German and Dutch: from a short form of the personal name Thomas. Compare Maas, Mas.
* Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name from German Mass 'measure', 'measurement'.

People surnamed Mass include:

* Isaac Mass (born 1976), a Massachusetts politician
* Lawrence D. Mass (born 1946), American physician and writer who wrote the first press reports on the disease AIDS
* Wayne Mass (1946–2019), American football player
* Wendy Mass (born 1967), author of young adult and children's books

Fictional characters include:

* Miss Mass, in the Marvel Comics universe
* Sayla Mass, in the Universal Century Gundam universe
