Origin and popularity of the name MORAND

Origin

Morand : 1: French Swiss French and English (of Norman origin): from the medieval Latin personal name Maurandus Morandus derived from Maurus ‘Mauritanian Moor’ + suffix -andus (following the pattern of names formed from a verbal noun such as Amandus) or shortened from Moderandus which appears to be Latin for ‘he who is (able) to be guided’. Compare Morant 2.2: French and Swiss French: habitational name from any of the places so called in Indre-et-Loire Allier Loire and Haute-Saône France. — Note: The population figure published by the US Census Bureau for this surname in the year 2000 is as high as 753 while the figure for 2010 is supposedly lower than 100.

Morant : 1: Altered form of Mayrant itself perhaps an altered form of French Mayrand.2: English (of Norman origin) and French: from the Old French personal name Morant Morand (see Morand 1).3: English (of Norman origin): nickname from Old French demorant demeurant ‘residing staying’ perhaps alluding to a ‘sojourner’ a stranger who stays. The surname would result from the loss of the first syllable.

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Last name frequency

Geographic distribution of the 252,375 individuals with the name MORAND on Geneanet.

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