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Moore

in Iowa

There are 4,683 people with the last name "Moore" in Iowa.

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Ranking in Iowa

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Moore 17
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  1. is 13th most common Peterson
  2. is 14th most common Meyer
  3. is 15th most common Hansen
  4. is 16th most common Martin
  5. is 17th most common Moore
  6. is 18th most common White
  7. is 19th most common Olson
  8. is 20th most common Thomas
  9. is 21st most common Taylor

Similar Names and Nicknames

Morrow, Mohr, Moorman, Moorehead, Moorer, Moorhead, Moores, Moor, Mowry, Moorefield

Most Common First Names for Moore

Robert, David, Michael, James, John, Richard, William, Mary, Dennis, Gary

Meaning & History

English: from Middle English more ‘moor’, ‘marsh’, ‘fen’, ‘area of uncultivated land’ (Old English mōr), hence a topographic name for someone who lived in such a place or a habitational name from any of the various places named with this word, as for example Moore in Cheshire or More in Shropshire.

English: from Old French more ‘Moor’ (Latin maurus). The Latin term denoted a native of northwestern Africa, but in medieval England the word came to be used informally as a nickname for any swarthy or dark-skinned person.

English: from a personal name (Latin Maurus ‘Moor’). This name was borne by various early Christian saints. The personal name was introduced to England by the Normans, but it was never as popular in England as it was on the Continent.

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mórdha ‘descendant of Mórdha’, a byname meaning ‘great’, ‘proud’, or ‘stately’.

Scottish: see Muir.

Welsh: from Welsh mawr ‘big’, applied as a nickname or distinguishing epithet.

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