De Moor is a Dutch surname. It literally means "the Moor" and probably referred to the harbour master profession (to "moor" a boat). It may have also referred to a person with a darker skin, or more generally, a person with connections to the African continent. "De Moor" therefore meaning "The Dark Skinned People." Notable people with that surname include:
Bien de Moor (born 1962), Belgian actressBob de Moor (1925–1992), Belgian comics authorCarel de Moor (1655–1738), Dutch etcher and painter, father of:Carel Isaak de Moor (1695–1738), Dutch lithographer and painterDes de Moor (born 1961), English musicianFrans de Moor (1912–1983), Dutch boxerGeorges De Moor (born 1953), Belgian Doctor of Medicine and professorJoos de Moor (c. 1548 – 1618), Dutch Vice AdmiralMarente de Moor (born 1972), Dutch writer and columnistMargriet de Moor (born 1941), Dutch writer and pianistRuud de Moor (1928–2001), Dutch professor of sociologyVincent de Moor (born 1973), Dutch trance artist