Moore

in New Jersey

There are 8,077 people with the last name "Moore" in New Jersey.

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Ranking in New Jersey

NameRank
Moore 24
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  1. is 20th most common Jackson
  2. is 21st most common Kim
  3. is 22nd most common Taylor
  4. is 23rd most common Torres
  5. is 24th most common Moore
  6. is 25th most common Robinson
  7. is 26th most common Harris
  8. is 27th most common White
  9. is 28th most common Martin

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Moore

James, Robert, John, William, Michael, Thomas, David, Charles, Joseph, Mary



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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