Updated June 9, 2019

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

How Popular Is The Name Morena

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.

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