Morris
A male given name from Old French, a medieval form of French Maurice.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
An English and Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
A surname from Irish, an anglicization of Irish Ó Muirghis, from Ó (“descendant”) and Muirghis (“of Maurice”).
A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic], an anglicization of Welsh Meurig (“Maurice”).
A town in Manitoba, Canada; named for Canadian politician Alexander Morris.
A rural municipality in central Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Morris No. 312.
A town in Jefferson County, Alabama; named for early pioneer Mae Morris.
A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut; named for Revolutionary War officer James Morris III.
An unincorporated community in Quitman County, Georgia; named for James Morris, a son of a railroad agent.
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