Moor as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Moor

What is the meaning of the name Moor ?

The baby name Moor is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /mɔːr/ (RP), /mɔr/ (General American) — rhymes with 'more'.

Moor is English in Origin.

Moor is a surname‑derived given name with chiefly English and Scots roots. As an English topographic surname, it comes from Old English mōr, “moorland, heath, fen,” originally describing someone who lived by open upland or bog. In Scottish Gaelic, Mòr (also anglicized Mor/More) is an old female personal name meaning “great,” which informs some Scottish uses of Moor as a given name. Thus, the name can carry senses of “dweller by the moor” or “great.”

Usage as a first name is rare but attested in Britain and the English‑speaking world from the 19th century, often as a transferred family name; contemporary use is typically unisex. Related forms and variants include Moore, More, Moar (Manx), and the Gaelic Mòr/Mor; German Moor is a parallel topographic surname, while Mohr is separate. The historical ethnonym “Moors” is unrelated to this given name.