Given name & surname
Munro
“woman from the river”·“from the mouth of the river Roe”
Munro is a variant of Monroe. Interpretations include “woman from the river” and “from the mouth of the river Roe”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Munro is a variant of Monroe. Interpretations include “woman from the river” and “from the mouth of the river Roe”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Munro is a variant of Monroe. An origin associated with Monroe is Scottish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2012. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Munro through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 35
- 35 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 8 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 boys is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 105 as a first name in 2020; 6,701 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.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Munro
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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