Meaning: | the one from Mauritania, the Moor | Tools: Add to favorites Generate: Twitter-able text SMS text Compare to: Behind the Name Search with: Wikipedia NNDB IMDb Google |
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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, 34:Maurice Belgium 2020, 36:Mauricio Mexico 2009, 39:Morris Netherlands 2021, 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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