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Updated July 3, 2024

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Family name origins & meanings

  • French, Occitan, Catalan, and English : from the medieval personal name Morel, a diminutive vernacular form of Latin Maurus (see Moore 3), with the hypocoristic suffix -el. Compare Morrell.
  • German : from the personal name and saint’s name Maurelius.

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