The moran Surname
moran Name Meaning and History
- Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Móráin ‘descendant of Mórán’, a personal name meaning ‘great’, ‘large’; the stress is normally on the first syllable.
- English: variant of Morant, normally pronounced with the stress on the second syllable.
- Spanish (Morán): habitational name from places called Morán in Asturies, Galicia (Pontevedra) and Aragon (Zaragoza).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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