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Type Surname (from given name)
Usage English
Other Forms FormsVariants include: Narramore/Naramore/Naramour/Narmore/Narramor/Northmore/Bynorthemore.
Meaning & History
Earliest progenitor is Reginald Bynorthemore, living 1318 inbetween Bovey Tracy and Moretonhampstead, in Dartmoor, Devonshire, England. By the 16th century, the surname was being used interchangeably as Narramore/Northmore within the same generation, as in the case of Walter Narramore/Northmore. Y-DNA has confirmed that these two surnames are derived from one common male ancestor.
Meaning: dweller of north in the moorlands (as in Dartmoor).
Meaning: dweller of north in the moorlands (as in Dartmoor).