Morant as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Morant

What is the meaning of the name Morant ?

The baby name Morant is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced MOR-ant (IPA: /ˈmɔːrənt/ or US /ˈmɔːrənt/).

Morant is English, French in Origin.

Morant is a surname-turned-given name found in French and English records. It most often continues medieval French Morand/Maurand, ultimately from Latin Maurus, meaning “Moor, dark,” hence the sense “swarthy” or “Moorish.” In some lines it aligns with Irish Moran (Ó Móráin), from Gaelic mór “great,” yielding the interpretation “great” or “descendant of the great one.”

As a surname, Morant is recorded in Britain by the late Middle Ages and later among Huguenot refugees. Notable bearers include the Essex historian Philip Morant and the Australian horseman ‘Breaker’ Morant; more recently, NBA star Ja Morant has given the name wider visibility and nudged it into rare given-name use. Variants and cognates include Morand, Mourant, Maurand, Moran, and Morante. Morant suits the modern surname-as-first-name style while carrying either a “dark, Moorish” or a “great, distinguished” meaning, depending on family origin.

⚙ Morant barely registers. Across 3 countries, we found just 6 recorded uses of it.