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Origin and popularity of the name MUIR

Origin

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.

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Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
FANBI : The Oxford Dictionary if Family Names in Britain and Ireland, ©2016, University of the West of England
FANBI : The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, ©2021, University of the West of England

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Geographic distribution of the 30,172 individuals with the name MUIR on Geneanet.

 

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    Variants of name MUIR

    MUIRE MUYRES MUIRES MUYR MUYRE MUIJRES MOIR