Morris
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning dark-skinned; moorish; a form of Maurice.
Morris by the numbers
In 2025, 15 babies in England and Wales were named Morris. In the US, 104 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 1,679 babies in 1918, so it is a 1910s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Maurice
Like Morris, each of these traces back to Maurice: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Mauricedark-skinned; moorish394 in the US (2017)
- Mauriziodark-skinned; italian form of Maurice10 in the US (2017)
- Maurielleof the moor; feminine elaboration of Maurice9 in the US (2017)
- Maurissaof the moors; a form of Maureen or Maurice6 in the US (2017)
- Mauryof the moors; a form of Maurice or Maureen6 in the US (2017)
- Mauriedark-skinned; a form of Maurice5 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Morris. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean darkness
Like Morris, each of these has darkness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Adrianfrom Hadria; dark one6,317 in the US (2017)
- Coltondark settlement; coal town5,261 in the US (2017)
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Coledark, swarthy; charcoal3,458 in the US (2017)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
- Donovandark brown warrior; surname used as given name1,056 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Morris
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