First name origin & meaning: Latin: Dark-skinned; like a Moor First name variations: Morris, Morse, Maury, Morry, Morey, Morrie, Moritz, Moriz, Morets, Meuriz, Moss, Mauricio, Maurizio, Murray, Maryse, Morrison, Maurice Last name origin & meaning: English: from the medieval personal name Morel, a diminutive
vernacular form of Latin Maurus (see Moore 3), with the
hypocoristic suffix -el.
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