morris

Meanings

1. A type of pike.
2. A morris dance.

1. To perform morris dancing.

1. The young of the conger eel or similar fish, originally thought to be a separate species.

1. A male given name.
2. A male given name from Old French, a medieval form of French Maurice.
3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
4. A surname.
5. An English and Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
6. A surname from Irish, an anglicization of Irish Ó Muirghis, from Ó (“descendant”) and Muirghis (“of Maurice”).
7. A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic], an anglicization of Welsh Meurig (“Maurice”).
8. A placename:
9. A town in Manitoba, Canada; named for Canadian politician Alexander Morris.
10. A rural municipality in central Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Morris No. 312.
11. A number of places in the United States:
12. A town in Jefferson County, Alabama; named for early pioneer Mae Morris.

Etymology

From Moorish.