Moore
/mʊər/noun
A surname originally referring to someone who lived near a moor or boggy heath.
Did you know?As a surname, Moore is usually topographic, from Old English *mōr* meaning a marshy or barren tract of land, not a mystical title or secret code.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*móri-
“body of water, lake, sea”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*mōraz
“moor, marsh, barren land”
Old English
English
mōr
“moorland, marsh, tract of waste ground”
Middle English
English
mor
“moor, boggy or barren heath”
Modern English
English
Moore
“a surname from a person living by a moor”