Moore (family name)

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Moore is an English family name .

Origin and meaning

There are various derivations for the name.

  • Middle English moor (German: Moor ), place name for a person who lived near a moor.
  • Old French Moor from Latin Maurus : Derived from the Moors , a north-west African people. In the Middle Ages, the name was transferred to darker colored people

distribution

Moore was the 9th most common family name in the United States in 1990. 0.31 percent of the population were named after them.

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  • Victor Moore (1876–1962), American actor, comedian, director and author
  • Vinnie Moore (* 1964), American rock musician

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Individual evidence

  1. http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Moore-name-meaning.ashx