Messalla | Messāla (noun M) : (less correctly )
* A Roman surname in the gens Valeria: Corvinus primus Messanam vicit, et pri mus ex familiā Valeriorum, urbis captae in se translato nomine, Messana appellatus est: paulatimque vulgo permutante litteras, Messalla dictus,Sen. Vit. Beat. 13. The most celebrated is the orator M. Valerius Messalla Corvinus, in the time of Cicero and Augustus, Cic. Att. 15, 17, 2; 16, 16, A, 5; Tib. 4, 1, 1; Hor. A. P. 371; Sen. Contr. 2, 12, 8.—In plur., Ov. P. 4, 16, 43.

Male Personal name
Confirmed occurences in the Roman Empire:

• M. Annius Messalla (Masc, senator), ref: RE Suppl. 14 (1974) 48 s.v. Annius 66b | PIR ID1409
• L. Cornelius Pusio Annius Messalla (Masc, senator), ref: PIR C 1425 | PIR ID4949
• L. Iulius Messalla Rutilianus (Masc, senator), ref: AKB 32, 2002, 247 - 256 | PIR ID7632
• Messalla (Masc, senator), ref: PIR M 0506 | PIR ID9185
• Messalla (Masc, senator), ref: PIR M 0507 | PIR ID9186
• Messalla Rutilianus L. Iulius Messala Rutilianus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR M 0508 | PIR ID9187
• Messalla Vipstanus Gallus (Masc, senator), ref: Camodeca Archivio p. 264 | PIR ID9188
• Propertius Messalinus Messalla (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 1009 | PIR ID11112
• Silius Messalla (Masc, senator), ref: PIR S1 0510 | PIR ID12487
• M. Silius Messalla (Masc, senator), ref: PIR S1 0511 | PIR ID12488
• L. Valerius Messalla (Masc, senator), ref: PIR V1 0086 | PIR ID13902
• M. Valerius Messalla (Masc, senator), ref: PIR V1 0087 | PIR ID13903
• M. Valerius Messalla (Masc, senator), ref: RE 8 A (1955) 128 s.v. Valerius 225 | PIR ID13904
• Valerius Messalla (Masc, senator), ref: RE 8 A (1955) 126 s.v. Valerius 249 | PIR ID13905
• M. Valerius Messalla (Masc, senator), ref: fasti Venusini (I.I. 13,1 p. 254 sq.) | PIR ID13906
• M. Valerius Messalla Barbatus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR V1 0088 | PIR ID13907
• M. Valerius Messalla Barbatus Appianus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR V1 0089 | PIR ID13908
• M. Valerius Messalla Corvinus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR V1 0090 | PIR ID13909
• M. Valerius Messalla Corvinus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR V1 0091 | PIR ID13910
• M. Valerius Messalla Messallinus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR V1 0092 | PIR ID13911
• M. Valerius Messalla Messallinus Corvinus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR V1 0093 | PIR ID13912
• M. Valerius Messalla Potitus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR V1 0094 | PIR ID13913
• M. Valerius Messalla Potitus (Masc, senator), ref: RE Suppl. 14 (1974) 821 s.v. Valerius 267a | PIR ID13914
• L. Valerius Messalla Thrasea Priscus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR V1 0095 | PIR ID13915
• Vipstanus Messalla (Masc, senator), ref: PIR V1 0468 | PIR ID14503
• Vipstanus Messalla (Masc), ref: Historia 11 (1962) 150-151 | PIR ID14504
• L. Vipstanus Publicola Messalla (Masc, senator), ref: PIR V1 0472 | PIR ID14507
• L. Vipstanus Vipstanius Messalla (Masc, senator), ref: PIR V1 0469 | PIR ID14508
• Volusus Valerius Messalla L. Valerius Messalla Volesus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR V1 0096 | PIR ID14687
• Volusus Valerius Messalla L. Valerius Messalla Volesus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR V1 0096 | PIR ID14687