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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : Italian (Morésco) from a medieval personal name or a nickname for someone from North Africa or a swarthy or dark-haired person, from medieval Latin Mauriscus ‘Moor’ (see Moore 2).
  • Italian : habitational name from Moresco in Ascoli Piceno province.

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