Name

Name MORRIS

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 74,167 births of Morris in the countries below, which represents an average of 522 births of children bearing the first name Morris per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 538 births.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom Morris
In Italiano

Nome Morris

Information about the first name Morris

The first name Morris has been assigned to:

99.99% to boys
0.01% to girls

The country where the first name Morris is the most common is:

United State of America

This first name is on trend: Male

This first name has 6 letters including 2 vowels and 4 consonants

Morris in Japanese ^*

Romaji	morisu
Katakana	モリス
Hiragana	もりす
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Morris in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Morris

English

Etymology

The surname has converged from several origins; see Morris.

Etymology

From Moorish.

Etymology

From Morris, the surname of its discoverer.

Etymology (Noun)

morris (plural morrises)
(weaponry) A type of pike.
A morris dance.

Etymology (Verb)

morris (third-person singular simple present morrises, present participle morrising, simple past and past participle morrised)
To perform morris dancing.

Etymology (Noun)

morris (plural morrises)
the young of the conger eel or similar fish, originally thought to be a separate species.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɔɹɪs/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɒɹɪs/
(NYC) IPA(key): /ˈmɑɹɪs/
Homophones: morris, Maurice (one pronunciation)
Rhymes: -ɒɹɪs
Hyphenation: Mor‧ris

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈmɒɹɪs/

Proper noun (Statistics)

According to the 2010 United States Census, Morris is the 62nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 318,884 individuals. Morris is most common among White (73.59%) and Black (20.08%) individuals.

Popularity of the name Morris

Number of MORRIS births per year

Popularity of the name Morris

Total births of Morris by country

		Births with the first name Morris
Country		Boys Girls
	United State of America 1880 - 2022	66,539 5
	Netherlands 2015 - 2022	2,006 0
	Ontario 1913 - 2019	1,805 0
	Sweden 1998 - 2022	749 0
	New Zealand 1900 - 2022	672 0
	Belgium 1995 - 2022	598 0
	Switzerland 1909 - 2021	546 0
	United Kingdom 1996 - 2021	326 0
	Italy 1999 - 2021	212 0
	British Columbia 1919 - 2022	183 0
	Austria 1984 - 2021	109 0
	Denmark 1985 - 2022	87 0
	Germany 2000 - 2022	74 0
	Australia 1930 - 2022	65 0
	Brazil 1930 - 2022	60 0
	Alberta 1980 - 2022	38 0
	France 1900 - 2022	35 0
	Quebec 1980 - 2022	31 0
	Ireland 1964 - 2022	9 0
	Argentina 1922 - 2015	8 0
	Czechoslovakia 1900 - 2016	6 0
	Chili 2010 - 2021	3 1

Popularity of the name Morris

Total births of Morris by country (last available year)

		Births with the first name Morris
Country		Boys Girls
	Netherlands 2022	353 0
	Belgium 2022	87 0
	United State of America 2022	45 0
	United Kingdom 2021	15 0
	Sweden 2022	13 0
	Germany 2022	10 0
	Switzerland 2021	8 0
	Alberta 2022	2 0
	Quebec 2022	2 0
	Czechoslovakia 2016	1 0
	Denmark 2022	1 0
	Italy 2021	1 0

Comments on the name Morris

Personalities with the first name Morris

There are 76 personalities with the first name Morris

David Morris Lee

United states of america
Physicist University teacher

Cindy Sherman

United states of america
Photographer Film director Director Women's rights activist

Morris Swadesh

United states of america
University teacher Linguist

Morris West

Australia
Writer Novelist

Morris William Travers

United kingdom
Chemist

Morris Chestnut

United states of america
Actor Film producer Television actor Film actor

Morris Halle

United states of america Latvia
Computer scientist University teacher Linguist Slavicist

Morris Kirksey

United states of america
Sprinter Athletics competitor Rugby union player

David Taylor

United states of america
Amateur wrestler

Morris Chang (張忠謀)

United states of america Taiwan Republic of china
Engineer Entrepreneur

There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Morris
Full list of personalities with the first name Morris

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Morris

There are 250 actors and actresses with the first name Morris

Morris Owens Jr.

Morris Peterson

Morris Chapdelaine

Morris Chestnut

Morris Hsiang Jung

Morris Day

Morris Panych

Morris Salzman

Morris Lippert

Morris Katz

Morris Rossenfeld

Morris D. Erby

Morris Perry

Morris Buchanan

Morris Boltuch

Morris Kight

Morris Barry

Morris Harmell

Morris Weiss

Morris Nussbaum

Morris Sweden

Morris Goldman

Morris Parsons

Morris Engle

Morris Stoloff

Morris Hughes

Morris Ankrum

Morris Carnovsky

Morris Strassberg

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Morris
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Morris

Rankings of first name MORRIS by country

Country ranking (boys)
Rank	Country	Year
#23	Netherlands	2022
#124	Belgium	2022
#487	Sweden	2022
#902	Switzerland	2021
#1542	Quebec	2022
#1650	United Kingdom	2021
#1813	United State of America	2022
#1848	Alberta	2022
#2284	Denmark	2022
#2434	Czechoslovakia	2016
#2480	Germany	2022
#21875	Italy	2021