Moran

• As an Irish surname, from Ó Móráin (“descendant of Mórán”), from mór (“large, great”).
• Also as an Irish surname, from Ó Moghráin, Mughróin (“descendant of Mughrón”), personal name from mogh (“slave”) + rón (“seal”). Sometimes also shortened from McMorran, of the same meaning.
• As an English surname, variant of Morrin.
• As a Spanish surname, variant of Morán.
• As a French surname, variant of Morin.
• Variant of the English and French surname Morant.

Moran

1. A surname from Old French of Old French origin.
2. A surname from Irish of Irish origin.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Indiana.
   2. A minor city in Allen County, Kansas.
   3. A neighbourhood of Streetsboro, Portage County, Ohio.
   4. A minor city in Shackelford County, Texas.
   5. An unincorporated community in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
   6. An unincorporated community in Teton County, Wyoming.

• Etymology of Last Names, accessed on 2005-07-27

• Armon, Manor, Maron, Narom, Nor Am, Nor-Am, NorAm, Norma, Roman, manor, morna, norma, roman