patronymic from Mory, a reduced form of
Amory (see Emery).
northern French habitational
name, with the preposition de, for someone from any of various
places called Mory, in Oise, Pas-de-Calais, or Seine-et-Marne, the
place name being derived from Latin Mauriacum (composed of a
personal name Maurius + locative suffix -acum).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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