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Name Element MAUR - Behind the Name

Type Word

Meaning & History

Old Welsh word meaning "great, big" [1].

Other Languages & Culturesmāros(Old Celtic) mór(Old Irish)

Given Name DescendantsPellinore(Arthurian Cycle) Trevor(English) Brynmor, Gwynfor, Trefor, Trevor(Welsh)

Surname DescendantTrevor(Welsh)

Place Name DescendantTrefor(Welsh)

Matasović, Ranko. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic. Brill, 2009, page 258.