Moran

Meanings

1. A surname from Old French of Old French origin.
2. A surname from Irish of Irish origin.
3. A number of places in the United States:
4. An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Indiana.
5. A minor city in Allen County, Kansas.
6. A neighbourhood of Streetsboro, Portage County, Ohio.
7. A minor city in Shackelford County, Texas.
8. An unincorporated community in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
9. An unincorporated community in Teton County, Wyoming.
10. A railway point north of Pavilion, British Columbia, Canada.

1. An unmarried Maasai or Samburu warrior.

1. Misspelling of moron, sometimes intentional.

Etymology

* As an Irish surname, an anglicisation of Ó Móráin, from Ó (“descendant”) and Móráin (“of Mórán”), from mór (“large, great”). * Also as an Irish surname, from Ó Moghráin, Ó Mughróin (“descendant of Mughrón”), personal name from mogh (“slave”) + rón (“seal”). Sometimes also shortened from McMorran, of the same meaning. * As an English surname, variant of Morrin. * As a Spanish surname, variant of Morán. * As a French surname, variant of Morin. * Variant of the English and French surname Morant.