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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • North German : topographic name for someone who lived in a fen, Middle Low German mōr.
  • German and Dutch : nickname for a man of swarthy complexion, from Middle High German mōr, Middle Dutch mo(e)r ‘Moor’.
  • German : from a short form of an old personal name, Morhart (see Morath).

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