Mór

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Mór

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Meaning

Old Irish mór 'great, big'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Among the commonest women's names in the late medieval Irish annals.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

0123418801900192019401960198020002020Girls 1992Boys 1995per million babies of that sex
  • 19 babies given this name since 1991
  • At its height in 1992, about 1 in 263,400 girls
  • Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020

Through the ages

  1. The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
  2. The Renaissance1400 to 1600

Used by

IrishScottish

The family of the name

Other spellings: Mor

Scottish GaelicMòr

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Where this comes from

  • The Irish annals and early Irish literature
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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