Where did the last name MOORING originate?

Question

Where did the last name MOORING originate?

Answer 1

Mooring  

Last name origin & meaning:

English: from a diminutive of Moore

Moore    

Last name origins & meanings:

English: from Middle English more ‘moor’, ‘marsh’, ‘fen’, ‘area of uncultivated land’ (Old English mōr), hence a topographic name for someone who lived in such a place or a habitational name from any of the various places named with this word, as for example Moore in Cheshire or More in Shropshire.

English: from Old French more ‘Moor’ (Latin maurus). The Latin term denoted a native of northwestern Africa, but in medieval England the word came to be used informally as a nickname for any swarthy or dark-skinned person.

English: from a personal name (Latin Maurus ‘Moor’). This name was borne by various early Christian saints. The personal name was introduced to England by the Normans, but it was never as popular in England as it was on the Continent.

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mórdha ‘descendant of Mórdha’, a byname meaning ‘great’, ‘proud’, or ‘stately’.

Scottish: see Muir.

Welsh: from Welsh mawr ‘big’, applied as a nickname or distinguishing epithet.

Answer 2

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Surname: Mooring

This is a very confusing surname. As O'Morahan, O'Moran, and Morahan, it is clearly of Irish origins, but as Mohring, Moorin, Mooring, Mooringe, Moran, Morin, Morain, Morring, and others which are also recorded in France, Ireland and England, it can be from any of those countries. Taking Ireland first, the modern spelling originates from the pre-10th century Olde Gaelic O' Murchain, meaning the son of the descendant of Murdoch, and in the forms above has been very popular in counties Offally and Kildare since at least 1659 when it is shown to be the most numerous name in at least five baronies. Secondly in England the surname originated from the word "Moor" and was given as a nickname to people of swarthy appearance. The surname is ancient and was first recorded towards the middle of the 12th Century (see below) whilst recordings from the mid-17th century onwards indicate that it was also re-introduced by French Huguenot refugees fleeing religious persecutions. Early examples of the surname recordings in surviving registers of the city of London include Anthonie Mooring at the church of Holy Trinity the Lees on May 11th 1648, Auger Morin, christened at the French Huguenot Church, Threadneedle Street, London, on July 3rd 1692, and William Moran christened at St. Anne's Soho, Westminster on June 1st 1693. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Robert Morin, which was dated circa 1140, in the Documents relating to the Danelaw for the city of London, during the reign of King Stephen, known as "Count of Blois", 1135 -1154. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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www.familysearch.org has these varied spellings: MORIN; MOURON ;  MORAN ; MORRIN ; MORREN ;  MORANG ; MORON ; MORING ; MOORY; MORONG ; MORINGE ;

MOHRING; MOARING ; MOERING ; MOERINGER ; MOEHRING ;   and  MOREING.

     The name is found in the US (varied states, but a lot in Alabama), Switzerland, Argentina, Australia,  Portugal, Germany, Netherlands, France, Estonia (Ussr), Poland, England, India, Scotland, Canada,  and Ireland.

     Some early listings are :

Pierre MORON -b. Bef 1540, Switzerland

Michel MORIN -b. abt. 1537, France