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There are 66 people with the last name "More" in Indiana.

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  1. is 9,592nd most common Mccaffery
  2. is 9,593rd most common Mcelyea
  3. is 9,594th most common Mcwhirt
  4. is 9,595th most common Milby
  5. is 9,596th most common More
  6. is 9,597th most common Mota
  7. is 9,598th most common Nannenga
  8. is 9,599th most common Newcom
  9. is 9,600th most common Neyhart

Similar Names and Nicknames

Moreno, Moreland, Morey, Moreau, Morehead, Morehouse, Morel, Moreira, Morelli, Morell

Most Common First Names for More

James, Steven, Glenn, John, Marjorie, Mark, Stephanie, Tonya, Aaron

Meaning & History

Scottish: variant spelling of Muir.

Welsh: from mawr ‘big’ (see Moore).

French: nickname for a darkskinned person, from Old French more ‘Moor’ (Latin maurus) (see Moore 2).

French (also Moré): nickname from Old French of more ‘Moor’ or from moré, moret ‘dark brown’ (diminutive forms). The term was also used to refer to dark-colored cloth.

French (Moré): from a short pet form of a Germanic personal name beginning with Maur-, Mor- ‘Moor’, for example, Morbold (+ bold ‘bold’, ‘brave’) or Morbert (+ berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’).

Indian (Maharashtra); pronounced as two syllables: Hindu (Maratha) name, probably from Marathi mor ‘peacock’ (Sanskrit mayūra). It is based on the name of a Maratha clan.

FOREBEARS Richard More (1614–c.1695), the illegitimate son of Jacob Blakeley and Katherine More, wife of Samuel More, was shipped to America aboard the Mayflower to be raised with the Pilgrims and avoid the social stigma of being bastardized. He became a mariner and sea captain with polygamous families on both sides of the ocean. Nicholas More, born in England, emigrated to PA in 1682 and became chief justice of PA and the lower counties.

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