Meaning and Origin of: Morena

Girl name origins & meanings

  • French : Dark; dark-haired
  • Irish : Bitter

Girl name variations

Maureen
May
Maura
Mora
Moira
Moreen
Moria
Moriah
Maurin
Maurine
Maurizia
Mo

Family name origins & meanings

  • Spanish : shortened form of De la Morena, which either refers to the Sierra Morena, or is a matronymic from a feminine form of a nickname from moreno ‘brown’. Compare Moreno.
  • Southern Italian : from a feminine form of Moreno.