Mesina Family Crest & Name History

Mesina is a familiar spelling of the Italian name Messina. Its meaning, shared with Messina, is “From Messina”.

Heraldry and the Mesina name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Mesina, so the heraldry linked to Messina is a starting point, not an automatic right.

How the spelling arose

Without the “s” of Messina, Mesina is a simpler written form of the same name. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Other spellings include Di Messina, Messini and Messinese.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Mesina with 819 bearers, at rank 28,998. 32% of them identified as Hispanic or Latino. Want more than a summary? See the Mesina family name pack.