First name origins & meanings:
- French: Dark; dark-haired
- Irish: Bitter
First name variations: May, Maura, Mora, Moira, Moreen, Moria, Moriah, Maurin, Maurine, Morena, Maurizia, Maureen Last name origins & meanings:
- Chinese:
from the name of a place called Mo City
( ), said to have been founded by Zhuan Xu, legendary
emperor who lived in the 26th century bc. The current Chinese
character for Mo replaces another, rare or obsolete character.
Another source of this name was a government post called Mo’ao, which
existed during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc) in
the state of Chu. Descendants of a holder of the post adopted the
first character of the title as their surname. - Chinese:
variant of Wu 5. - Chinese:
variant of Mao 1. - Chinese:
variant of
Wu 3. - Norwegian: variant of Moe.
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