Name

Name MOOR

Between 1999 and 2021 there were 2 births of Moor in the countries below, which represents an average of 0 birth of children bearing the first name Moor per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 0 birth.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom Moor
In Italiano

Nome Moor

Information about the first name Moor

The first name Moor has been assigned to:

0.00% to boys
100.00% to girls

The country where the first name Moor is the most common is:

Italy

This first name is on trend: Female

This first name has 4 letters including 2 vowels and 2 consonants

Moor in Japanese ^*

Romaji	muaa
Katakana	ムアー
Hiragana	むあー
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Moor in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Moor

English

Etymology

From Middle English More, Moore, from Old French More (modern French Maure), from Latin Maurus (“a Moor, meaning a Mauretanian, an inhabitant of Mauretania”), from Ancient Greek Μαυρούσιος (Mauroúsios, “Mauretanian”). Doublet of Moro.

Etymology

From Middle English mor, from Old English mōr, from Proto-Germanic *mōraz, from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Cognates include Welsh môr, Old Irish muir (from Proto-Celtic *mori); Scots muir, Dutch moer, Old Saxon mōr, Old Saxon mūr, German Moor and perhaps also Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹 (marei). See mere.

Etymology

From Middle English moren, from unattested Old English *mārian, from Proto-West Germanic *mairōn (“to moor, fasten to”), related to *maida- (“post”), from Proto-Indo-European *mēyt-, *meyt-, from *mēy-, *mey- (“stake, pole”). Cognate with Dutch meren (“to moor”), marren (“to bind”).

Etymology (Noun)

moor (plural moors)
An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath
A game preserve consisting of moorland.

Etymology (See also)

Morian

Etymology (Verb)

moor (third-person singular simple present moors, present participle mooring, simple past and past participle moored)
(intransitive, nautical) To cast anchor or become fastened.
(transitive, nautical) To fix or secure (e.g. a vessel) in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the like.
(transitive) To secure or fix firmly.

Anagrams

Moro, Romo, room

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɔː/, /mʊə/
(General American) IPA(key): /mʊɹ/, /mɔɹ/
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ), -ʊə(ɹ)

Pronunciation

(General Australian) IPA(key): /moː/
(New Zealand) IPA(key): /moː/, [möː(ə̯)~mʊ̈ː(ə̯)]
(Received Pronunciation)
(cure–force merger) IPA(key): /mɔː/
(cure–force distinction) IPA(key): /mʊə/
(US)
(cure–force merger) IPA(key): /mɔɹ/
(cure–force distinction) IPA(key): /mʊ(ə)ɹ/
Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ), -ɔː(ɹ)
Homophones: Moore (all accents), more (cure–force merger), maw (most non-rhotic accents with cure–force merger), mooer (some accents)

General

Etymology (Proper noun)

Moor (plural Moors)
A surname.
A surname from Irish.
An English surname transferred from the given name.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch moorden, from Middle Dutch morden.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /mʊə̯r/

Verb

moor (present moor, present participle moordende, past participle gemoor)
(intransitive) to murder

Verb (Related terms)

moord

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch moor, from Old French maure, from Latin Maurus, from Ancient Greek Μαυρός (Maurós).

Etymology

From Moor (“member of a North African people”, became synonymous with “Saracen”).

Anagrams

room

Noun

Moor m (plural Moren, diminutive Moortje n, feminine Morin)
(historical) A Moor (member of a Berber people from western North Africa, also ruling parts of Spain during the Middle Ages).
(archaic, offensive) A black person, a negro.

Noun