Moreno Family History
Moreno Name Meaning
Spanish Portuguese and Jewish (Sephardic): nickname for someone with dark hair and/or a swarthy complexion from Spanish and Portuguese moreno ‘dark brown swarthy’ or ‘dark-skinned dark-haired’ from Late Latin maurinus a derivative of classical Latin Maurus ‘Moor’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022