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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Latin : Dark-skinned; like a Moor
  • Latin : Dark-skinned

Boy name variations

Maurice

Maurice

- 23% this year
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Morris

Morris

+ 2% this year
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Maury

Maury

0 % this year
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Morry

Morry

0 % this year
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Morey

Morey

0 % this year
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Morrie

Morrie

0 % this year
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Moritz

Moritz

0 % this year
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Moriz

Moriz

0 % this year
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Morets

Morets

0 % this year
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Meuriz

Meuriz

0 % this year
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Moss

Moss

+ 21% this year
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Morrell

Morrell

0 % this year
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Mauricio

Mauricio

+ 16% this year
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Maurizio

Maurizio

+ 60% this year
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Murray

Murray

+ 8% this year
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Maryse

Maryse

+ 20% this year
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Morrison

Morrison

+ 9% this year
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How Popular Is The Name Morse

Family name origins & meanings

  • Welsh and English : variant of Morris.
  • Americanized form of any of various like-sounding Jewish surnames, especially Moses. Compare Morris.
  • Samuel Morse (1791–1872), inventor of the electric telegraph and of Morse code, was a direct descendant of Anthony Morse of Wiltshire, England, who had emigrated to MA in 1635.

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