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Morris

Gender
Boy
Say it
MOR-is
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#1,771 for boys
US rank, 2025
#1,753 for boys

Morris is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “Moorish, dark-skinned”. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the UK (15 babies) and 1,753rd for boys in the US (92 babies).

What does Morris mean?

Latin: 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.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Morris a girl's or a boy's name?

Morris is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the UK and 92 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Morris in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,771among boys
Babies in 2025
15about 1 in 20,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 4% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were named Morris, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,657th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 27 boys.

Half of all the boys named Morris in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,703rd in England and Wales.

In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#97).

1996Busiest: 27 in 20162025
Morris in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202515#1,771
202414#1,825
202314#1,812
202221#1,364
202116#1,619
202015#1,657
201918#1,479
201812#1,981
201715#1,738
201627#1,133
201524#1,202
201420#1,357
201323#1,199
201217#1,542
201121#1,293
201015#1,654
200918#1,391
200816#1,490
200714#1,605
20068#2,193
20058#2,090
200413#1,417
200312#1,418
20023#3,325
20016#2,049
20006#1,977
19993#3,043
199812#1,180
19975#2,109
19965#2,094

How popular is Morris in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,753among boys
Babies in 2025
92about 1 in 19,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 6% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 92 boys in the US were named Morris, making it the 1,753rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,621st. Its busiest year was 1918, with 1,679 boys.

Half of all the boys named Morris in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 1955, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 1,679 in 19182025
Morris in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202592#1,753
202486#1,862
2023105#1,640
202291#1,792
202187#1,799
202099#1,621
201996#1,670
2018107#1,565
2017105#1,554
2016103#1,585
2015105#1,546
2014112#1,456
201394#1,623
201294#1,636
201186#1,718
201098#1,599
2009121#1,403
2008109#1,494
2007109#1,464
200693#1,575
200580#1,671
200493#1,465
2003112#1,268
200294#1,392
200182#1,477
2000103#1,264
1999112#1,159
1998105#1,174
199787#1,307
199685#1,290
1995113#1,050
1994127#977
1993148#872
1992148#864
1991184#747
1990178#757
1989193#705
1988168#726
1987187#669
1986224#592
1985203#613
1984182#635
1983184#628
1982199#609
1981220#576
1980196#623
1979215#584
1978229#549
1977233#546
1976262#491
1975240#518
1974272#482
1973269#479
1972304#451
1971369#419
1970399#408
1969399#397
1968429#374
1967409#369
1966473#343
1965519#331
1964589#321
1963591#325
1962629#312
1961660#301
1960657#303
1959723#291
1958702#287
1957773#272
1956819#251
1955830#244
1954917#232
1953833#235
1952905#219
1951903#216
1950918#211
1949830#221
1948843#222
19471,002#200
1946916#192
1945775#193
1944828#187
1943914#181
1942909#174
1941876#174
1940912#170
1939927#165
1938839#174
1937856#170
1936847#164
1935908#159
1934932#158
1933868#163
1932940#160
1931990#153
19301,006#152
19291,090#147
19281,157#144
19271,226#143
19261,306#134
19251,400#126
19241,499#120
19231,558#111
19221,630#108
19211,666#104
19201,609#108
19191,660#99
19181,679#101
19171,624#99
19161,618#97
19151,660#93
19141,365#86
19131,073#89
1912960#82
1911478#85
1910367#91
1909305#94
1908269#98
1907260#96
1906226#96
1905188#115
1904175#122
1903178#110
1902150#128
1901146#115
1900162#136
1899116#138
1898164#112
1897132#124
1896136#127
1895125#132
1894122#133
1893113#134
1892136#126
189197#138
189093#151
1889112#126
188895#160
188795#134
188696#143
188599#136
188478#179
188375#163
188281#166
188187#142
188077#171

Nicknames for Morris

Names like Morris

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Names related to Morris

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Every Latin name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Morris: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/morris, updated 20 October 2026.