What is the origin of the name Muir?
Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived on a moor from Older Scots muir ‘moor’ (an expanse of bare wild upland country). There has been some confusion with Mure.
Schools and teachers in the Province of Ontario (Volume 1944)
...Muir, Marion Nairn, John W., B.A... (Ontario, Canada - 1944)
...Muir, Marion Nairn, John W., B.A... (Ontario, Canada - 1944)
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What is the origin of the name Muir?
Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived on a moor from Older Scots muir ‘moor’ (an expanse of bare wild upland country). There has been some confusion with Mure.