as a Last Name
- 15,382
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Morrissey
Meaning & Origins
Irish: Americanized form of Ó Muirgheasa ‘descendant of Muirgheas’, a personal name apparently derived from muir ‘sea’ + geas ‘taboo’, ‘prohibition’. However, according to MacLysaght, this surname is also derived from the Norman name de Marisco.
| 2,377th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 15,382
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Massachusetts
- has the most people named Morrissey per capita
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