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Girl · Old Irish
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
- 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
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Mor
| Scottish Gaelic | Mòr |
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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
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.