as a Last Name
- 789,198
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Moore
Meaning & Origins
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.
| 14th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 789,198
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Mississippi
- has the most people named Moore per capita
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