# Moran

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #16,976

## Definitions
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:
4. A number of places in the United States:
5. A number of places in the United States:
6. A number of places in the United States:
7. A number of places in the United States:
8. A number of places in the United States:
9. A railway point north of Pavilion, British Columbia, Canada.

## Etymology
* As an Irish surname, an anglicisation of Ó Móráin, from Ó (“descendant”) and Móráin (“of Mórán”), from mór (“large, great”).
* Also as an Irish surname, from Ó Moghráin, Ó 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.

## Easily confused with
- **more** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moran-vs-more)
- **Mori** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moran-vs-mori)
- **mort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moran-vs-mort)
- **morn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moran-vs-morn)
- **Myra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moran-vs-myra)
- **Moro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moran-vs-moro)
- **moya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moran-vs-moya)
- **moron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moran-vs-moron)
- **Morse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moran-vs-morse)
- **mural** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moran-vs-mural)
- **mourn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moran-vs-mourn)
- **Morty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moran-vs-morty)
- **morph** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moran-vs-morph)
- **moray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moran-vs-moray)
- **Myron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moran-vs-myron)
- **mores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moran-vs-mores)
- **Mulan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moran-vs-mulan)
- **Murat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moran-vs-murat)
- **Morin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moran-vs-morin)
- **Murad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moran-vs-murad)

## Common misspellings (7)
`mmoran`, `moarn`, `morann`, `morna`, `morran`, `mroan`, `omran`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/moran