Moran Family 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. Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Moghráin earlier Ó Mughróin ‘descendant of Mughrón’ a personal name derived from mug ‘slave’ and rón ‘seal’.

It may also be a shortened form of McMorran based on the same personal name. English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): variant of Morrin normally pronounced with the stress on the second syllable.

Spanish (Morán): habitational name from any of the places called Morán in Asturias, Galicia (Pontevedra), and Aragon (Zaragoza).

Altered form of French Morin.