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More

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There are 13 people with the last name "More" in Rhode Island.

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  1. is 10,074th most common Mogayzel
  2. is 10,075th most common Mohan
  3. is 10,076th most common Monis
  4. is 10,077th most common Montville
  5. is 10,078th most common More
  6. is 10,079th most common Moreland
  7. is 10,080th most common Mosco
  8. is 10,081st most common Moten
  9. is 10,082nd most common Mournighan

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for More

Charles, Rebecca, Daniel, John, Lemuel, Mary, Parag, Sean, Theodora

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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