First name origins & meanings:
- Latin: Dark-skinned; like a Moor
- Celtic: Sailor
First name variations: Morris, Morse, Maury, Morry, Morey, Morrie, Moritz, Moriz, Morets, Meuriz, Moss, Morrell, Mauricio, Maurizio, Maryse, Morrison, Maurice, Muray, Murrey, Murry, Moray Last name origins & meanings:
- Scottish: regional name from Moray in northeastern Scotland,
which is probably named with Old Celtic elements meaning ‘sea’ +
‘settlement’.
- Irish (southern Ulster): reduced Anglicized form of
Gaelic Ó Muireadhaigh ‘descendant of Muireadhach’
(the name of several different families in various parts of Ireland),
or a shortened form of McMurray.
- Irish: reduced form of
MacIlmurray, Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Mhuire
(see Gilmore).
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