Mesic Family History

Bosniak (Mesić and Mešić): patronymic from the Bosniak Muslim personal names Meso and Mešo pet forms of Mehmed which is of Turkish and ultimately of Arabic origin (see Muhammad). It is also found as a Croatian surname originating from the time of the Turkish occupation of the Balkans.

Croatian (Mesić): nickname for someone who ate a lot of meat derived from meso ‘meat’.

Slovenian (Mešič) and Croatian (Mešić): nickname from Slovenian mešič Croatian dialect mešić ‘pouch’.

Compare Mesich, Mesick, and Messick.