Moran
Ó Móráin · descendant of Mórán
Moran is Ó Móráin in Irish, said oh MOR-awn, and means descendant of Mórán.
Mór means great or big, so Mórán is read as the great one. Several families, mostly in Connacht, and the name is now spread thinly over the whole country.
How it changes
- A man: Ó Móráin
- His daughter: Ní Mhóráin
- A woman who married into it: Bean Uí Mhóráin
- The family together: Uí Mhóráin
Where it comes from
Mayo and Galway
Also spelt
Moran, O’Moran, Morrin
A name, not a pedigree
This is where the name came from, which is not the same as where you came from. Names were translated, anglicised, taken on by tenants and neighbours, and carried in by settlers who were no relation to the family that started them. To follow your own line, the 1901 and 1911 censuses are free and searchable, and give the county each person was born in.