Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Mor

/moɾ/

“purple”4

Letters / syllables
3 / 1
Formation
Adjective
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Initial
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Contents§1–§9
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7Sources
  8. §8Questions
  9. §9Related

How do you pronounce Mor?

Mor

IPA /moɾ/

What does the surname Mor mean?

Mor is purple, the colour between red and blue. The word also exists in other Turkic languages (Azerbaijani mor ‘violet’, Turkmen mor ‘reddish brown’). Nişanyan Sözlük traces it to Armenian mor or Greek móron ‘black mulberry, blackberry’; the English Wiktionary treats the origin as uncertain.4

The origin is disputed. The views put forward are:

  1. According to Nişanyan Sözlük and the Turkish Wiktionary, the word was borrowed from Armenian mor ‘blackberry, black mulberry’ (Nişanyan also names Greek móron).
  2. The English Wiktionary considers the origin uncertain and notes that the word occurs in many Turkic languages.

Mor is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Mor made of?

Mor is a single root: mor (mor: purple, violet).

Mor root mor mor: purple, violet ARMENIAN mor “purple, violet” Mor mor root mor: purple, violet mor ARMENIAN “purple, violet”
Mor: parts and root words
  • mor Armenian — purple, violet4

How was the name Mor formed?

Mor belongs to the “adjective” class of surnames.

Which surnames are related to Mor?

Mor Morgül Morkaya Morkoç
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Morgül same root – –
02 Morkaya same root – –
03 Morkoç same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Mor?

  1. Emre Mor association football player 1997–
  2. Ararat Mor actor 1966–2024
  3. Antonis Mor painter 1517–1575
  4. Keren Mor actor 1964–
  5. Sarita Mor amateur wrestler 1995–

People surnamed Mor as recorded in Wikidata, ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: mor accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: مور accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: mor accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: mor accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Mor

Q1

What does the surname Mor mean?

Mor is purple, the colour between red and blue. The word also exists in other Turkic languages (Azerbaijani mor ‘violet’, Turkmen mor ‘reddish brown’). Nişanyan Sözlük traces it to Armenian mor or Greek móron ‘black mulberry, blackberry’; the English Wiktionary treats the origin as uncertain.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Mor?

The root word of Mor is mor (Armenian): “purple, violet”. There are 3 competing views on where Mor comes from, all set out on this page.
Q3

How do you pronounce Mor?

Mor, 1 syllable; IPA: /moɾ/.