First name origins & meanings:
- Latin: Dark-skinned; like a Moor
- Italian: Dark
First name variations: Morris, Morse, Maury, Morry, Morey, Morrie, Moriz, Morets, Meuriz, Moss, Morrell, Mauricio, Maurizio, Murray, Maryse, Morrison, Maurice, Marits, Maritza, Moritza, Moritzio, Maurizio Last name origin & meaning: German, Dutch, Danish and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the personal
name Moritz, a variant of Mauritz (see Morris).
Among Jews it was sometimes assumed as a surname by bearers of the
personal name Moses, as the two names have some phonetic
similarity.
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