as a First Name
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 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 48,054
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 61,460
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Alabama
- has the most people named Morris per capita
- 1912
- marked the height of its popularity
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99.99%
65%
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55+
27%
30-54
30-54
5%
13-29
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