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Meaning & History
from the medieval Latin personal name Maurandus Morandus derived from Maurus "Mauritanian Moor" and the suffix -andus (following the pattern of names formed from a verbal noun such as Amandus) or shortened from Moderandus which appears to be Latin for "he who is (able) to be guided". Or a habitational name from any of the places so called in Indre-et-Loire Allier Loire and Haute-Saône France. Cognitive of Morandi.