Mor
A Slavic root meaning myrrh, the fragrant resin. It stays rare in Poland, carried by fewer than 140 people, and it goes to both women and men.
Mor Pronunciation
Mor is pronounced MOR (/mɔr/).
What Mor means
Where Mor comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Mor is short, and its meaning is myrrh, the fragrant resin prized in both Slavic and Hebrew tradition. The form given here is Slavic in origin, and it sits close to the Jewish culture that made myrrh a word of ritual and worth. Myrrh appears in the Song of Songs, bound in a bundle and worn against the heart, so the name reaches an old vocabulary of scent and value.
There are no diminutives listed for Mor, and no softened variant beside it. It stands as one syllable. A teacher reading the class register meets it whole, with nothing to shorten.
The link to myrrh is a meaning rather than a mechanism that explains the sound. Mirra, in Polish, names the same resin, and the sense of preciousness reached the name through what myrrh was, a costly resin imported and burned in temples. That association was attached over time, and the root stayed Slavic.
How many people are named Mor
1 in 208739 women in Poland is named Mor. 139 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2789 among female names.
Mor as a middle name
Mor is a first name for 139 women in Poland and a middle name for another 2, a 99/1 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 8338th, between Moosa (2) and Mordechaj (2).