The mora Surname
mora Name Meaning and History
- Portuguese, Spanish, and Catalan (Móra): habitational name from any of the places named Mora, in some cases from mora ‘mulberry’ (Late Latin mora, originally the plural of classical Latin morum).
- Occitan and Catalan (Morà): from Morandus, an old personal name of uncertain derivation and meaning.
- Italian: topographic name from Old Italian mora ‘pile of stones’.
- Hungarian (Móra): from a pet form of the personal name Móricz, Hungarian form of Morris.
- Czech and Polish: from a short form of a personal name, e.g. Czech Mauric, Polish Maurycy, derived from Latin Mauritius (see Morris).
- Polish: possibly a nickname from mora ‘sickness’, ‘plague’.
- Czech: possibly a nickname from mora ‘vampire’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Obituary: Maria de Lourdes Mora |
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| Mora Heritage | Antonia P.Mora | 28 |
| Jose MORA - 1850 - from Canary Islands > Key West, FL | Judy Shaw Hoffman | 21 |
| Origin of our last name. |
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| Canary Islanders to San Antonio |
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| Mora family, Canary Island to Cuba. |
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| Mora family from East Texas |
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| MORA Poston G 1923-1993 |
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| MORA Violet 1920- |
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| Isabel Mora / TX or Mexico |
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