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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : variant spelling of Moores.
  • Dutch : nickname for a man of swarthy complexion or ethnic name for a North African, from moor ‘Moor’ (see Moore 2).
  • Dutch : patronymic from a short form of the Latin personal name Mauritius (see Morris 1).

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