First name origin & meaning: Latin: Dark-skinned; like a Moor First name variations: Morris, Morse, Maury, Morry, Morrie, Moritz, Moriz, Morets, Meuriz, Moss, Morrell, Mauricio, Maurizio, Murray, Maryse, Morrison, Maurice Last name origins & meanings:
- Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mórdha (see
Moore).
- English (of Norman origin): from the
Old French personal name Mory, a short form of Amaury
(see Emery).
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