The blackmore Surname
blackmore Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from any of various places so named with
Old English blæc ‘black’, ‘dark’ + mor ‘moor’,
‘marsh’ or mere ‘lake’. Mor is the second element of
places called Blackmore in Essex, Wiltshire, and Worcestershire, as
well as Blackmoor in Dorset; mere, on the other hand, is the
second element of Blackmore in Hertfordshire and Blackmoor in
Hampshire, the early forms of which are Blachemere,
Blakemere.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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