| Meaning: | the one from Mauritania, the Moor | Tools: Add to favorites Generate:
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| Name info: About the name Morris in particular | | Gender: | male |
| Languages of use: | English |
| Topics: | Asteroid 3783 Morris, discovered 1986 |
| US 2021 rank: | not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below |
| Similarly written: | Boris, Börries, Doris, Harris, Jördis, Joris, Joris, Jorrit, Loris, Lorrie Details |
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| Group info: About Maurice/Maura, the group of names with the same origin as Morris | | Meaning/translation: | the one from Mauritania, the Moor |
| Language of origin: | Latin |
| Info about origin, male: | originally a Roman cognomen Mauricius with the meaning the one from Mauritania or the Moor |
| | known from Saint Maurice, a Christian Roman soldier from Egypt (4th century AD) |
| Words: | maurus = dark skinned Latin |
| Topics: | Geographic name, Roman nickname |
| Variants' top ranks: | 4:Moritz Zurich 2016, 23:Morris Netherlands 2022, 34:Maurice Belgium 2020, 36:Mauricio Mexico 2009, 42:Mauro Belgium 2010, 181:Maurin Switzerland/German 2016, 332:Maurus Switzerland 1997, 419:Maurine France 2002, 428:Maurizio Switzerland 1997, 546:Maurane Switzerland 1997 |
| Old/original forms: | Mauricius Latin |
| Name variants: | Maura, Maurane, Maurine, Maurice, Mauricio, Maurilio, Maurin, Mauritius, Mauritz, Maurizio, Mauro, Maurus, Morice, Moritz, Moriz, Morris Sortable list Details |
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| Popularity: Popularity lists that contain the name Morris | | Series | Graph | Rankings |
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| England+Wales decades | | 1904 97 |
| Netherlands | Graph | 2022 23, 2021 39, 2020 47, 2019 45, 2018 75, 2017 66, 2016 83, 2015 79, 2014 68, 2012 98 |
| Switzerland | | 1997 428 |
| USA decades | | 1990-1999 925 |
| USA yearly | Graph | 1994 974, 1993 875 |
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