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More

in North Carolina

There are 53 people with the last name "More" in North Carolina.

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More 10,482
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  1. is 10,478th most common Mcilwaine
  2. is 10,479th most common Meagher
  3. is 10,480th most common Mercurio
  4. is 10,481st most common Moorer
  5. is 10,482nd most common More
  6. is 10,483rd most common Mortenson
  7. is 10,484th most common Mowbray
  8. is 10,485th most common Neblett
  9. is 10,486th most common Nicoll

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for More

Mary, Henry, Robert, Dilip, John, Shirley, Adam, Barbara, Bruce, Cabinets

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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