Origin and popularity of the name MORIN

Origin

Morin : 1: French and Walloon: from a variant of the French personal name Maurin; or a diminutive of More 2 a nickname for a dark-skinned man. It is also found in England as a surname of Huguenot origin. Compare Moran Morang Morein Morong Morrin and Morrow.2: Italian (northern): variant of Morino.3: Spanish (Morín): nickname or ethnic name derived from moro ‘Moor’ (see Moro).4: Scottish (East Lothian): variant of Morrin.

Morrin : 1: English (of Norman origin): from the Old French personal name Morin a diminutive of More (Old French More Maur Latin Maurus); see Moore 2 and 3.2: English: perhaps sometimes from the Middle English personal name Morwin (Old English Mōrwine the first element of which is uncertain and the second wine ‘friend’).3: Scottish (Dumfriesshire): variant of McMorran.4: Altered form of French Morin.

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