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 [ 3 syll. mo-re-no, mor-eno ] The boy name Moreno is pronounced as MaoRIYNow or MaoREYNow KEY. Moreno is used predominantly in the German, Italian, Slavic, and Spanish languages, and it is derived from Spanish origins. The name's meaning is brown, brown-haired. The first name is derived from the Spanish, Portuguese and Jewish surname, itself originally a byname for someone of brown hair or a dark complexion, from 'moreno' (brown), which is ultimately of the Latin 'maurus' (swarthy, dark skinned, moor). The name Morena (Spanish, German, and Italian) is the female version of Moreno. Moreno is not regularly used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. Baby names that sound like Moreno include Marian (Czech, German, Polish, and Romanian), Marino (Italian), Meirion (Welsh), Merriman (English), Mirian (Albanian), Mariano (Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), Marin (French and German), Marnin, Marwin (English), Mauran (Irish), Maurin (Italian), Miriani (Albanian), Miron (Indian, English, Polish, and Russian), and Myron (English and Greek). KEY: English pronunciation for Moreno: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; 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)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)"   |
