What do you people Now about the last name moran?!?!?

Question

my last name is moran and all i know about it is that is Half irish - Half philippine i know its very wierd but i think its a very

interesting last name dont you think so i just want you guys to tell me a little more about it...

Answer 1

In Ireland Moran's come from the South West, mainly county Kerry. I dont know about it being a phillipine name, they could be a coincidentally similar phonetically sounding name.

Answer 2

Moran Surname meaning and history:

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Móráin ‘descendant of Mórán’, a personal name meaning ‘great’, ‘large’; the stress is normally on the first syllable.

Morán (accent over the a) is Spanish which could very well be Filipino also.

The link below has more facts on the name.

Answer 3

Some people would use the name

Moron

others would say

Moranis

What are you asking really?

Answer 4

i believe its actually a spanish name. many of my friends (spanish) have the same last name.

Answer 5

This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name,

Moran Name Meaning and History

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Móráin ‘descendant of Mórán’, a personal name meaning ‘great’, ‘large’; the stress is normally on the first syllable.

English: variant of Morant, normally pronounced with the stress on the second syllable.

Spanish (Morán): habitational name from places called Morán in Asturies, Galicia (Pontevedra) and Aragon (Zaragoza).

A friend of mine  a school teacher has this surname, ner husband was born in Portugal.

Hope this helps.