An English, Irish, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and French surname, Morin comes from a Gaelic term ‘mor’ which means big. The spelling variations for Morin include Morini, Moore, Moran, O’Moran, Murran, Murrin and Moro. The Morin surname is very common in France and many from the European nation resettled later in Canada. In England there is a scattering in different locations of the Morin name. The sections with the higher numbers are the Channel Island, the city of London, Gloucestershire and Durham. In Scotland the Morin family name is found in Midlothian, Lanarkshire, East Lothian and Aberdeenshire counties. Within the United States the Morin family name originated in Louisiana, Missouri, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New York, Maine, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Ohio. Famous: Louis-Simon-Rene Morin (former head of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.), Lee M. E. Morin (astronaut), Jean-Baptiste Morin (French music composer), Jeremy Morin (professional ice hockey player), Randy Charles Morin (author-writer), Arthur Morin (19th century French physicist) and Charles Morin (one of the pen names used by Sir Winston Churchill).