Morris Forename
5,003rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 208,636 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Liberia
Morris Forename Definition:
A male name. Latin Mauritius ‘a Moor’; the name of a martyr said to have belonged to the Theban legion and to have been martyred in Switzerland a.d. 286. The name is found in use in England from the 11th C, sometimes in the French form Meurisse, but more often in the English Moris or Morris.
Read More About This ForenameMorris Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 59,991 | 1:6,043 | 804 |
| Kenya | 100% | 32,298 | 1:1,434 | 275 |
| Liberia | 99% | 30,984 | 1:142 | 21 |
| Uganda | 99% | 10,802 | 1:3,792 | 471 |
| Zambia | - | 9,387 | 1:1,689 | 325 |
| South Africa | 100% | 9,359 | 1:5,827 | 1,097 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 6,078 | 1:29,214 | 2,600 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 5,814 | 1:2,653 | 482 |
| Canada | 100% | 5,471 | 1:6,056 | 876 |
| Sudan | 100% | 4,561 | 1:8,289 | 1,143 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 4,361 | 1:1,290 | 274 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 4,005 | 1:2,036 | 235 |
| Ghana | 75% | 2,978 | 1:9,062 | 915 |
| Malawi | 100% | 2,877 | 1:5,948 | 816 |
| England | 100% | 2,782 | 1:19,987 | 1,273 |
| Philippines | 99% | 2,589 | 1:40,946 | 3,217 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,220 | 1:2,363 | 514 |
| Togo | - | 1,071 | 1:6,759 | 1,050 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 809 | 1:37,639 | 3,301 |
| Australia | - | 730 | 1:18,709 | 1,364 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 633 | 1:407,526 | 32,613 |
| Syria | - | 586 | 1:32,946 | 1,398 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 583 | 1:52,852 | 6,182 |
| New Zealand | - | 491 | 1:9,238 | 1,018 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 479 | 1:154,129 | 7,291 |
| Kuwait | - | 475 | 1:7,969 | 982 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 453 | 1:116,531 | 6,125 |
| Botswana | 100% | 417 | 1:5,238 | 876 |
| Scotland | 100% | 413 | 1:12,955 | 792 |
| Iraq | 100% | 396 | 1:88,429 | 2,295 |
| Namibia | - | 299 | 1:8,041 | 1,031 |
| Italy | 100% | 297 | 1:205,596 | 2,915 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 289 | 1:2,010 | 358 |
| Egypt | 100% | 282 | 1:325,890 | 10,093 |
| Germany | 100% | 260 | 1:371,838 | 4,415 |
| India | 97% | 250 | 1:4,859,512 | 187,636 |
| Ireland | 99% | 223 | 1:20,823 | 1,013 |
| Wales | 100% | 213 | 1:14,527 | 957 |
| Guyana | 100% | 211 | 1:3,617 | 687 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 187 | 1:90,385 | 4,877 |
| China | - | 170 | 1:8,035,622 | 59,463 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 167 | 1:180,850 | 6,830 |
| Brazil | 100% | 166 | 1:1,290,579 | 31,268 |
| Vanuatu | - | 159 | 1:1,646 | 442 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 142 | 1:50,366 | 4,568 |
| Jordan | 100% | 138 | 1:63,962 | 1,715 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 129 | 1:10,554 | 1,557 |
| Swaziland | - | 128 | 1:10,158 | 1,360 |
| Palestine | 100% | 107 | 1:42,524 | 1,413 |
| Bahamas | - | 98 | 1:4,075 | 698 |
| Hong Kong | - | 82 | 1:94,545 | 2,784 |
| Mexico | 95% | 81 | 1:1,532,647 | 10,247 |
| Sweden | 100% | 81 | 1:121,703 | 4,939 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 69 | 1:2,816,778 | 33,760 |
| Barbados | - | 62 | 1:4,674 | 734 |
| Dominica | - | 55 | 1:1,372 | 247 |
| Panama | 100% | 46 | 1:84,925 | 4,484 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 45 | 1:182,522 | 4,432 |
| Peru | 97% | 39 | 1:815,165 | 11,913 |
| Honduras | 100% | 38 | 1:232,039 | 5,059 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 38 | 1:625,518 | 31,167 |
| Norway | 100% | 36 | 1:142,565 | 4,031 |
| Micronesia | - | 34 | 1:3,132 | 400 |
| Russia | 100% | 34 | 1:4,242,168 | 21,891 |
| Belgium | 100% | 32 | 1:359,064 | 6,694 |
| France | 100% | 32 | 1:2,077,198 | 12,077 |
| Singapore | 100% | 32 | 1:196,470 | 8,457 |
| Austria | 100% | 31 | 1:274,652 | 3,451 |
| Thailand | 100% | 31 | 1:2,260,188 | 59,676 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 27 | 1:6,586 | 1,033 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 26 | 1:831,173 | 23,165 |
| Spain | 100% | 26 | 1:1,789,614 | 11,088 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 25 | 1:81,600 | 7,436 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 25 | 1:4,463 | 793 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 24 | 1:142,818 | 3,137 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 23 | 1:4,322 | 830 |
| Finland | 92% | 23 | 1:238,399 | 3,800 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 22 | 1:83,779 | 1,413 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 22 | 1:2,494 | 546 |
| Bermuda | - | 21 | 1:3,087 | 575 |
| Colombia | - | 20 | 1:2,388,946 | 18,551 |
| Qatar | 100% | 20 | 1:118,480 | 12,874 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 19 | 1:316,755 | 6,627 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 18 | 1:1,736 | 389 |
| Mongolia | - | 18 | 1:163,045 | 8,219 |
| Aruba | - | 17 | 1:6,105 | 1,121 |
| Grenada | 100% | 16 | 1:6,758 | 1,006 |
| Japan | - | 16 | 1:7,999,129 | 32,265 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 16 | 1:443,041 | 536 |
| Oman | - | 14 | 1:293,476 | 3,954 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 13 | 1:8,442 | 1,163 |
| Greece | 100% | 12 | 1:911,212 | 9,057 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 11 | 1:1,205 | 212 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 11 | 1:1,464,403 | 5,160 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 10 | 1:5,123 | 786 |
| South Korea | - | 10 | 1:554,442 | 13,303 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Estonia | 100% | 9 | 1:146,153 | 5,307 |
| Rwanda | - | 9 | 1:1,263,493 | 1,939 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,283,447 | 1,308 |
| Belize | 100% | 8 | 1:44,289 | 3,463 |
| Czechia | 100% | 8 | 1:1,332,020 | 3,968 |
| Denmark | - | 8 | 1:706,187 | 9,598 |
| Iceland | - | 8 | 1:45,752 | 2,854 |
| Myanmar | - | 8 | 1:6,493,534 | 1,948 |
| Turkey | 100% | 7 | 1:11,114,530 | 34,230 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 6 | 1:10,216 | 1,399 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 6 | 1:794,658 | 9,692 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 6 | 1:3,845,989 | 64,391 |
| Argentina | 100% | 5 | 1:8,554,649 | 17,386 |
| Cambodia | 60% | 5 | 1:3,254,666 | 31,163 |
| Croatia | 100% | 5 | 1:843,415 | 7,845 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| El Salvador | - | 5 | 1:1,268,357 | 7,255 |
| Israel | 80% | 5 | 1:1,680,584 | 18,495 |
| Chile | 100% | 4 | 1:4,401,802 | 21,957 |
| Monaco | - | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| Poland | 90% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 3 | 1:10,874,505 | 40,253 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 3 | 1:3,214,315 | 27,427 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 3 | 1:6,126,490 | 60,119 |
| Jersey | 100% | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Georgia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Senegal | 100% | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Slovenia | - | 2 | 1:1,229,379 | 6,326 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 2 | 1:17,354 | 1,059 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| San Marino | 100% | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Mórris (1) are calculated separately.
Morris (686,599) may also be a surname.
Morris Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Latin Mauritius ‘a Moor’; the name of a martyr said to have belonged to the Theban legion and to have been martyred in Switzerland a.d. 286. The name is found in use in England from the 11th C, sometimes in the French form Meurisse, but more often in the English Moris or Morris. It gave rise to the surnames Morris, Morriss, Maurice, Morison, Morrison, Morson, Morse, Morin, and Morcock. Maurice has now replaced Morris as the usual spelling of the christian name. It has been used in Ireland to render the native Moriertagh (Moriarty) ‘sea warrior'. The Welsh form is Meuriz.
Mauricius Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum? 1086, Curia Regis Rolls 1196-1220. Meurik Testa de Neville, or Book of Fees, temp. Hen. III-Edw. I 13th C. Moris Feudal Aids 1346. Moricius Feudal Aids 1431. Morys Lincs 1459. Mores The Coventry Leet Book 1471. Mourice The Coventry Leet Book 1539. Mauris 15th C Brut. Merick seu Morrice Lyford 1655.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A Latin name, meaning: Dark.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Morris Forename Popularity
Morris Demographics
Average Morris Salary in
United States
$42,474 USD
Per year
Rank:
217,901 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0170817
Rank: 748 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
97.58%
Sample size: 33,153 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Morris Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Morris in the Russian language | ||
| Моррис | morris | - |
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