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MORRIS
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Christian, Dutch, English, French, German, Irish, Jamaican, Latin
Son of More; Sea-strength; Moor; Dark Skinned
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : from Maurice, an Old French personal name introduced to Britain by the Normans, Latin Mauritius, a derivative of Maurus (see Moore). This was the name of several early Christian saints. In some cases it may be a nickname of the same derivation for someone with a swarthy complexion.Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Muirghis, a variant of Ó Muirgheasa (see Morrissey).Welsh : Anglicized form of the Welsh personal name Meurig (from Latin Mauritius), which was gradually superseded in Wales by Morus, Morys, a derivative of the Anglo-Norman French form of the name (see 1).German : variant of Moritz.Americanized form of any of various like-sounding Jewish surnames (see Morse).Morris was the name of an extensive and powerful family in colonial North America, whose members played a leading part in the emergence of the nation. They were descended from Richard Morris (d. 1672), who fought in Oliver Cromwell’s army and then became a merchant in Barbados. His son Lewis (1671–1746) established the “manor†of Morrisania in NY. His grandson, Lewis (1726–98), third owner of that manor, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Two other grandsons, Richard and Gouverneur, were also key figures in the Revolution. Their half-brother Staats Morris (1728–1800) was a general in the British army who was appointed governor of Quebec.
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English
English : variant spelling of Moores.Dutch : nickname for a man of swarthy complexion or ethnic name for a North African, from moor ‘Moor’ (see Moore 2).Dutch : patronymic from a short form of the Latin personal name Mauritius (see Morris 1).
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Moorish
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English (Devon)
English (Devon) : variant of Morris 1.
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English Scottish
Dark-skinned. A Moor. Form of Maurice.
Boy/Male
British, English, Welsh
Dark-skinned; A Moor; Form of Morris
Boy/Male
British, English, Latin, Scottish
Son of Maurice; Son of the Servant of Mary
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English and Scottish
English and Scottish : patronymic from Morris.
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English
English : variant of Moores.Dutch : from the personal name Maurits (see Morris).
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Welsh
Welsh : from the Welsh personal name Meurig, a form of Maurice, Latin Mauritius (see Morris).English : from an Old French personal name introduced to Britain by the Normans, composed of the Germanic elements meri, mari ‘fame’ + rīc ‘power’.Scottish : habitational name from a place near Minigaff in the county of Dumfries and Galloway, so called from Gaelic meurach ‘branch or fork of a road or river’.Irish : when not Welsh or English in origin, probably an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mearadhaigh (see Merry).
Male
English
Medieval English form of Roman Latin Maurice, MORRIS means "dark-skinned; Moor."
Boy/Male
Irish
Choice of the sea.
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English
English : variant of Morris 1.
Boy/Male
English American Latin
Son of More.
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Son of More
Surname or Lastname
English, Welsh, and Scottish
English, Welsh, and Scottish : variant of Morris.Dutch and North German : variant of Moritz.French : variant of Maurice.Latvian : nickname for a dark person, from Moris ‘Moor’, ‘Negro’. Compare Moore 2.Lithuanian : possibly a nickname from morỹs ‘lazy person’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Morris 1.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Morrison.
MORRIS
MORRIS
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Victory of the Son
Girl/Female
Hindu
Wife of Lord shiva., Close to God, Name of Goddess Durga, Goddess Parvati (Wife of Lord Shiva)
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
God of Sky
Girl/Female
Muslim
Kind of necklace
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Tamil
Shining, Bright, Glowing
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Identical
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Chinese, Danish, French, German, Jamaican, Latin, Portuguese, Shakespearean, Swedish, Ukrainian
To be Strong; One who is Vigorous and Mighty; Strength; To be Healthy
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Arabic
Noble; Magnanimous
Female
Irish
Feminine form of Irish Séarlas, SÉARLAIT means "man."
Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit
Ritual
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MORRIS
n.
A boy's play, called also fivepenny morris. See Morris.
n.
A dance formerly common in England, often performed in pagenats, processions, and May games. The dancers, grotesquely dressed and ornamented, took the parts of Robin Hood, Maidmarian, and other fictious characters.
n.
A Moorish dance, usually performed by a single dancer, who accompanies the dance with castanets.
a.
Not arrayed in the dress of a morris dancer.
n.
A morris dancer.
n.
A thing of Moorish origin; as: (a) The Moorish language. (b) A Moorish dance, now called morris dance. Marston. (c) One who dances the Moorish dance. Shak. (d) Moresque decoration or architecture.
n.
The lady of the May games; one of the characters in a morris dance; a May queen. Afterward, a grotesque character personated in sports and buffoonery by a man in woman's clothes.
n.
An old game played with counters, or men, which are placed angles of a figure drawn on a board or on the ground; also, the board or ground on which the game is played.
n.
A Moorish pike.
n.
A marine fish having a very slender, flat, transparent body. It is now generally believed to be the young of the conger eel or some allied fish.
n.
Same as 1st Morris.