Moore ( surname ) - wikipedia Moore ( surname ) This article is about the surname. For people who share this surname, see List of people with surname Moore. For other uses, see Moore ( disambiguation ). Moore Origin Region of origin Ireland, Great Britain Word / Name Celtic Meaning `` stately and noble '' Footnotes : Frequency Comparisons : Ó Mórda. Moore is a popular English - language surname. It is the 34th most common surname in Australia, 32nd most common in England, and was the 16th most common surname in the United States in 2000. It can have several meanings and derivations, as it appeared as a surname long before written language had developed in most of the population, resulting in a variety of spellings. Variations of the name can appear as O'More or Moor ; as well as the Scottish Gaelic originations Muir, Mure and Mor / Mór ; the Manx Gaelic origination Moar ; the Irish Gaelic originations O'More and Ó Mórda ; and the later Irish variants O'Moore ' or ' Moore and the French de la Mora ( William De La More ). The similarly pronounced surname Mohr is of Germanic lineage and is not related to the Gaelic / English variations. Contents 1 Meanings and origins 2 Pronunciation 3 Frequency 4 See also 5 References Meanings and origins From Middle English mor meaning `` open land '' or `` bog '' and given to persons dwelling near a moor or heath. The Old Irish Moores are O'Morda, from the Irish Gaelic word morda, meaning `` stately and noble ''. The French established in Ireland 's province of Munster written de Mora ' ' became O'More after 200 years in Co. Leix., Moore a phonetic rendering of the name which is derived from the word `` moor '', or `` heathy mountain ''. became the written name for every sounding of the name after WW1 Alternatively of Gaelic / Manx origin Moar, the name for a collector of manorial rents on the Isle of Man. The spelling Moore was sometimes used to indicate a son of someone called More - this being one use where spelling is significant. Possibly derived from Maurus, a Roman first name which meant `` dark skinned '' in Latin, and related to the Old French More meaning `` Moor '' like Berber, a colloquial nickname for a person of dark complexion, often describing someone of North African descent. Possibly originated from early references to persons who worked with boats at a wharf or Moorage. The De La Mare surname from French Normandy was progressively anglicized in England as `` de la Mare '' ( Walter de la Mare ), `` De La More '', `` More '', and `` Moore '' after its bearers accompanied and assisted William the Conqueror in his conquest of England, eventually settling in Benenden, Kent County for several centuries, before many moved to America, including Reverend John Moore of Newtown, Long Island. The De La Mare 's of Normandy trace their heritage to Vikings and the coastal city of Møre og Romsdal in Norway. The Møre surname is a place name derived from the Old Norse `` Moerr '', and the Norwegian word `` Marr '', meaning ocean, sea, or coastal district. Rollo, the famous Viking and founder of the Dukes of Normandy, which includes the present day British Royal Family, may have been a member of this family, if his father - as some historians have it - was Rognvald Eysteinsson, Earl of Møre, Norway. Pronunciation Some bearers of this name pronounce it as / mɔːr / or / mɔːr /, while others use / mʊər /. Frequency In the United States, `` Moore '' ranked 9th among all surnames in the 1990 census, accounting for 0.3 % of the population. See also Clan Muir List of the most common surnames in Europe References ^ Jump up to : `` Moore Surname Meaning ''. forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2014 Jump up ^ `` Frequently Occurring Surnames from the Census 2000 ''. United States Census Bureau. U.S. Department of Commerce. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2015. Jump up ^ United States Census Bureau ( 9 May 1995 ). s : 1990 Census Name Files dist. all. last ( 1 - 100 ). Retrieved on 2008 - 07 - 04. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moore_(surname)&oldid=846493839 '' Categories : English - language surnames Surnames of English origin Surnames of Irish origin Irish families Hidden categories : All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from October 2012 Talk More Contents About Wikipedia Bân - lâm - gú Deutsch Русский Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 19 June 2018, at 03 : 16 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: what is the meaning of the name moore
Answer: "stately and noble"