Morra

Borrowed from Italian Morra.

Morra (plural Morras)

1. A surname from Italian.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Morra is the 22056^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1175 individuals. Morra is most common among White (87.32%) individuals.

• Armor, Marro, Morar, armor, maror

Potentially attested as mure and muore around 819-825, attested with certainty as morra in 1422. Borrowed from West Frisian Moarre, derived in turn from Old Frisian môr (“swamp”), probably related to Proto-West Germanic *mari.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.raː/
• Hyphenation: Mor‧ra
• Rhymes: -aː

Morra n

1. a village in Noardeast-Fryslân, Friesland, Netherlands

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

From numerous placenames in Italy such as Morra De Sanctis, perhaps from Latin murra (“rock, stone”) or otherwise related to muro (“wall”). Compare Morrone.

Morra m or f by sense

1. a surname