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Meaning & Origins
Variant of Maurice. The spelling Morris was quite common as a given name in the Middle Ages, but it fell out of use and was readopted in modern times, in part from the surname earlier derived from the given name. Among Jews it has been adopted as an Anglicized form of Moses.
| 812th in the U.S. for 2011 |
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German pfeffer, German Pfeffer ‘pepper’, a metonymic occupational name for a spicer; alternatively, it may be a nickname for a small man (as if the size of a peppercorn) or one with a fiery temper, or for a dark-haired person (from the color of a peppercorn) or anecdotal for someone who paid a peppercorn rent.
| 6,643rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Morrisa, Morrice, Morrissa, Morrissey, Morrise, Morriss, Morriso, Morries, Morres, Morrisha
Pfefferkorn, Pfefferle, Pfefferman, Pfefer, Pfifer, Pheffer, Pfiffer, Pfeffinger, Pfeffenberger, Pfefferie
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