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[ 3 syll. mo-re-na, mor-ena ] The girl name Morena is pronounced MaoREYNah †. Morena's language of origin is Celtic and Spanish. It is predominantly used in Spanish, German, and Italian. From Spanish roots, its meaning is 'brown, brown-haired' - in this context, Morena can be used in the German, Italian, and Spanish languages. The first name is derived from the Spanish surname, which is a short form of De la Morena, referring to the place name Sierra Morena, or else a feminine form of a nickname from moreno ('brown'), which is ultimately of the Latin maurus ('swarthy, dark skinned, moor'). In addition, Morena is a form of the English and Irish Maureen in the Spanish language. Morena is the feminine form of the German, Italian, Slavic, and Spanish Moreno. Morena is not often used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. Baby names that sound like Morena include the Scottish Mairianne, the name Mareena, the name Marena, the Arabic and English Mariam, the English Marian, the English, French, and German Marianne, the English, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Scottish, and Spanish Marina, the name Marini, the English, French, and German Marion, the name Marrina, the English Mary Anne, the Arabic Maryam, the English Maryann, the English Maryanne, the Polish Maryna, the French and English Maurine, the name Merina, the Arabic and Turkish Meryem, the name Mirena, and the English, French, German, Yiddish, Czech, and Italian Miriam.
† English pronunciation for Morena: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
