Moran

Family name

Namefamily nameQ12190384

Also known as Moran (surname)

Instance of: family name
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1.Stated in Türkischer Biographischer Index
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Moran is a modern Irish surname derived from membership of a medieval dynastic sept. The name means a descendant of Mórán. “Mor” in Gaelic translates as big or great and “an” as the prefix the. Morans were a respected sept of the Uí Fiachrach dynasty in the western counties of Mayo and Sligo. In Ireland, where the name descended from the Gaelic, it is generally pronounced anglicised approximate of the Irish pronunciation.

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Language: Irish
Spanish
Turkish
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1.Stated in Türkischer Biographischer Index
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English
Different from: Moran criterion used: family name has to use a different item than disambiguation page
Native label: Moran
Moran
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1.Stated in Türkischer Biographischer Index
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Script: Latin script
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1.Stated in Türkischer Biographischer Index
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Soundex: M650
Caverphone: MRN111
Has characteristic: name without diacritical marks said to be the same as: Morán
Cologne phonetics: 676
Attested in: Finnish Population Information System
Türkischer Biographischer Index
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1.Stated in Türkischer Biographischer Index
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3 identifiers linking Moran across the web's reference databases

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AIDB. (2026). Moran (Q12190384). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/moran-Q12190384