Associated Names
Clan Muir does not have any septs, though common variations of the name Muir or Moore are associated with the clan.
- Muir/More/Moore/Mure - more common in Ayrshire and areas in the Southwest lowlands
- Moar/Moare/Moer - more common in Orkney and Shetland
- Moir/Moire - more common in Aberdeenshire and areas in the Southeast lowlands
- Mohr/Mor - more common in the Central lowlands
- Moor/Mur
- Mour/Moure
- Myre/Myres
- Langmoore/Longmuir
- O'More/O'Morhda/O'Moore - more common in Ireland
- Moore/Morey - more common in Ireland
- de Mora - more common in Ireland
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