Moris
Boy · MOR-is · Latin
Moris is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “Moorish, dark-skinned”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Moris mean?
Latin: spelling of Morris; English form of Maurice, via French
“Moorish, dark-skinned”
A medieval English form of Maurice, from Latin Maurus, 'a Moor'; the Victorian designer William Morris made the surname famous.
- Say it
- MOR-is
Meaning borrowed from Morris. More on Wiktionary.
Is Moris a girl's or a boy's name?
Moris is a boys' name.
How popular is Moris in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1922, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Moris in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Moris in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,629 |
| 1921 | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,876 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,542 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
Nicknames for Moris
- Mo
- Morrie
Names like Moris
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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