Heraldry and the Moris Surname

The name Moris is closely linked to Morris. Name scholars give the meaning as “From Maurice, "dark"”.

Moris and Morris

Moris drops the “r” of Morris, a shortening that clerks often made. The same family of names includes Mooris, Morice and Morrice.

Between 1891 and 2000, 861 babies born in France were registered as Moris, with the most births in 1951–1960. Births ran at 42 in 1891–1900 and 64 in 1991–2000. According to the 2010 US Census, the Moris surname had 1,115 bearers. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Morais, Morrisy and Moras.

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.

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