Given name & surname
Moran
“a great man”
Moran is used as a given name and a surname. One Irish interpretation is “a great man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Irish interpretation is “a great man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Irish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Moran through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 57
- 52 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1995. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 484 as a first name in 2020; 85,840 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Moran’s family of names
Moran has a related form in Moraen. Moran has a related form in Moraene. Moran has a related form in Morain.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Morranlikely variant
- Morannlikely variant
- Moraenevariant
- Moraenvariant
- Moraynevariant
- Moraynvariant
- Morainevariant
- Morainvariant
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Moran
- Moran MazorIsraeli singerborn 1991
- Moran AtiasIsraeli-American actressborn 1981
- Moran RothIsraeli basketball player (born 1982)
- Moran SamuelIsraeli paralympic basketball player and world champion rowerborn 1982
- Moran SarkarIndian queen1781
- Moran RosenblattIsraeli actress (born 1985)
- Moran BuzovskiOlympic rhythmic gymnastborn 1992
- Moran CerfIsraeli scientist, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Kellogg School of Managementborn 1977
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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