Muir

Muir is originally a term from the Gaelic language. He stands tall and sea, lake or bog for the meaning.

Derived from this is the name of a Scottish clan in 1700:

  • Clan Muir

Muir is the surname of various, mostly derived from the English -speaking people. It also occurs in the following variations: More Moore or Mure (often in the Scottish Highlands ), Moar ( in the Shetland and Orkney Islands), Moir (around Aberdeen and in south-west Scotland ), Mohr or Mor Scotland in the Lowlands and O ' Mor in Ireland:

  • Brian Muir (1931-1983), Australian race car driver
  • Bryan Muir (born 1973 ), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Edwin Muir (1887-1959), Scottish writer
  • Helen Margaret Muir -Wood (1895-1968), British paleontologist
  • Jamie Muir, British percussionist
  • Jean Muir (1911-1996), American actress
  • John Muir (1838-1914), Scottish -American polymath
  • John Muir ( plant collector ) ( 1874-1947 ), Scottish physician and plant collector
  • Karen Muir (1952-2013), South African swimmer
  • Marie Muir (1908-1998), English writer
  • Mike Muir ( born 1963 ), American singer
  • Robert Muir (1864-1959), Scottish pathologist
  • Willa Muir (1890-1970), Scottish writer and translator
  • William Muir (1819-1905), British colonial politician, Orientalist, mission scientists, scholars of Islam

There are different variations of the name:

  • , Commonly found More, or Mure Moore in the Scottish Highlands
  • Moar, often in the Shetland and Orkney Islands
  • Moir to Aberdeen and in South West Scotland
  • Mohr or Mor, common in the Scottish Lowlands
  • O'Mor in Ireland

Likewise, there are a number of geographical objects that bear this name:

The late 1960s was a television series in the U.S., which was shown in the early 1970s in German-speaking:

  • The Ghost and Mrs. Muir ( The Ghost and Mrs. Muir )
  • Disambiguation
Brian Muir (racing driver) Jean Muir (actress) John Muir (South African naturalist) Robert Muir (pathologist)
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