When Peter Moor was born on 16 March 1784, in Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, James Muir, was 44 and his mother, Mary Ferguson, was 46.
English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh: variant of Moore .
German: variant of Mohr .
Dutch (also De Moor): nickname for a man of swarthy complexion, from Middle Dutch moor ‘Moor’ (from Latin maurus), or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a Moor. Compare De Moor .
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