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Morris (surname)

Morris is a surname of various origins though mostly of English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh origin. In 2014, the surname ranked 39 out of 104,537 in England, and 55 out of 400,980 in the USA.[1]

Origins

Britain

Morris is of Anglo-Norman origin and is a relationship name derived from the Middle English and Old French personal name Moreis, or Maurice (from the Latin Mauritius 'Moorish, dark, swarthy'; from Maurus 'a Moor').[2][3] It was the name of the 3rd century Christian martyr Saint Maurice.[4][user-generated source] According to the 1881 Census, the vast majority of people with the surname Morris were located in Lancashire, England (8723; 2516 per million); with significant concentrations in London, Glamorgan, and the West Midlands. Now more widespread across the UK, the majority can be found in London, the West Midlands, Greater Manchester and Wales, with a total of 95,101 recorded across the country in 2016.[5][6][7] In Wales, Morris is an Anglicisation of the Welsh name Meurig, itself a Welsh variant of the Latin Mauritius (see also Morus and Morys), derived from the Anglo-Norman French form of the name.[8]

Ireland

Ó Muiris and, less commonly, de Moiréis in Irish; the Morris surname in Ireland is predominantly of Norman origin. It comes from the Norman "de Mareys", "de Marreis" and Latin "de Marisco", i.e., "of the marsh". It is a common surname in many parts of the south of Ireland, especially in Kilkenny, Tipperary, Offaly, Laois, Cork and Limerick, where it is now anglicised as Morris. A family of the name settled, in 1485, at Galway and became one of the Tribes of Galway. It may also refer to "descendant of Muiris" (sea-choice), a variant of Ó Muireasa. This was the name of a branch of the Uí Fiachrach who were formerly chiefs of a district on the southern shore of Sligo Bay, in the barony of Tireragh.[citation needed]

Germany

In some cases Morris is of German origin, as a variant of the German name Moritz.

Notable people with the surname "Morris"

Disambiguation of common given names with this surname

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Notes

  1. ^ "Morris Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History". forebears.io. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
  2. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016-11-17), "Morris", The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780199677764.001.0001/acref-9780199677764-e-29111?rskey=dmmtsa&result=1, ISBN 978-0-19-967776-4, retrieved 2024-04-04
  3. ^ "moreis - Middle English Compendium". quod.lib.umich.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-04..
  4. ^ "Saint Maurice", Wikipedia, 2024-03-04, retrieved 2024-04-04
  5. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016-11-17), "Morris", The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780199677764.001.0001/acref-9780199677764-e-29111?rskey=dmmtsa&result=1, ISBN 978-0-19-967776-4, retrieved 2024-04-04
  6. ^ Services, Good Stuff IT. "Surname distribution maps for Morris surname meaning, origin, etymology and distribution in Great Britain". britishsurnames.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
  7. ^ "Morris Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History". forebears.io. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
  8. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016-11-17), "Morris", The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780199677764.001.0001/acref-9780199677764-e-29111?rskey=iw3uuh&result=1, ISBN 978-0-19-967776-4, retrieved 2024-04-04