Morice Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

Ask a genealogist about Morice and the first name they will mention is Morris. Read literally, Morice points to “Descendant of Maurice (Moorish, or dark-skinned)”.

Arms associated with the name

Arms linked to Morris and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Spelling and variants

Records show Morice as one of the forms Morris took over time. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Related forms: Morrice, Moris and Mooris.

According to the 2010 US Census, the Morice surname had 500 bearers. French birth records list 9,431 children named Morice between 1891 and 2000. Get the complete Morice report, with a museum-style coat of arms.