Moore

in Pennsylvania

There are 15,369 people with the last name "Moore" in Pennsylvania.

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Ranking in Pennsylvania

NameRank
Moore 12
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  1. is 8th most common Martin
  2. is 9th most common Thomas
  3. is 10th most common Wilson
  4. is 11th most common Snyder
  5. is 12th most common Moore
  6. is 13th most common Taylor
  7. is 14th most common Anderson
  8. is 15th most common Thompson
  9. is 16th most common Clark

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Moore

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



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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