Morris (surname)

MorrisPronunciation| /ˈmɒrɪs/

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Language(s)| English
Origin
Language(s)| Old English, Irish, Welsh, French, Latin
Derivation| Various
Other names
Variant form(s)|

* Morrice
* Maurice

Morris is a surname of various origins, though mostly of English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh origins. In 2014, the surname ranked 39 out of 104,537 in England, and 55 out of 400,980 in the United States.[1]

According to the 1881 UK Census, the vast majority of people with the surname Morris were located in Lancashire (mostly in present day Greater Manchester), England (8723; 2516 per million); with significant concentrations in London, Glamorgan (or Wales as a whole), and the West Midlands. Now more widespread across the UK, a total of 95,101 individuals with this surname were recorded across the country in 2016.[2][3][4]

The German language has the equivalent Moritz, Morris can be used as a English translation.

## Origins

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### Moors

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Morris can be derived from the personal name Maurice or Moreis. Meurig is the Welsh equivalent with Morus and Morys Anglicisations of the Welsh form also found.[5] The name is traced through Middle English, Old French and Latin Mauritius 'Moorish, dark, swarthy'; from Maurus 'a Moor'.[6][7] It was the name of the 3rd century Christian martyr Saint Maurice.[8][user-generated source]

### Marshes

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Ó Muiris and, less commonly, de Moiréis in Irish; the Morris surname in Ireland is predominantly of Norman origin. It comes from the Norman "de Mareys", "de Marreis" and Latin "de Marisco", i.e., "of the marsh". It is a common surname in many parts of the south of Ireland, especially in Kilkenny, Tipperary, Offaly, Laois, Cork and Limerick, where it is now anglicised as Morris. A family of the name settled, in 1485, at Galway and became one of the Tribes of Galway. It may also refer to "descendant of Muiris" (sea-choice), a variant of Ó Muireasa. This was the name of a branch of the Uí Fiachrach who were formerly chiefs of a district on the southern shore of Sligo Bay, in the barony of Tireragh.[citation needed] The name would later be adopted by the Morrises outside of Sligo.

## Notable people with the surname "Morris"

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### Disambiguation of common given names with this surname

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* Aaron Morris (disambiguation)
* Alan Morris (disambiguation)
* Albert Morris (disambiguation)
* Alexander Morris (disambiguation)
* Alfred Morris (disambiguation)
* Allan Morris (disambiguation)
* Allen Morris (disambiguation)
* Andrew Morris (disambiguation)
* Anne Morris (disambiguation)
* Anthony Morris (disambiguation)
* Arthur Morris (disambiguation)
* Ashley Morris (disambiguation)
* Benjamin Morris (disambiguation)
* Bert Morris (disambiguation)
* Brian Morris (disambiguation)
* Carl Morris (disambiguation)
* Charles Morris (disambiguation)
* Chris Morris (disambiguation)
* Colin Morris (disambiguation)
* Darryl Morris (disambiguation)
* David Morris (disambiguation)
* Dennis Morris (disambiguation)
* Derek Morris (disambiguation)
* Edmund Morris (disambiguation)
* Edward Morris (disambiguation), or Ed Morris
* Edwin Morris (disambiguation)
* Elisabeth Morris (disambiguation), or Elizabeth Morris
* Eric Morris (disambiguation)
* Frances Morris (disambiguation)
* Francis Morris (disambiguation)
* Frank Morris (disambiguation)
* Fred Morris (disambiguation)
* Geoffrey Morris (disambiguation)
* George Morris (disambiguation)
* Greg Morris (disambiguation)
* Harold Morris (disambiguation)
* Harry Morris (disambiguation)
* Henry Morris (disambiguation)
* Herbert Morris (disambiguation)
* Holly Morris (disambiguation)
* Hugh Morris (disambiguation)
* Ian Morris (disambiguation)
* Jack Morris (disambiguation)
* James Morris (disambiguation)
* Jeff Morris (disambiguation)
* Jenny Morris (disambiguation)
* Jim Morris (disambiguation)
* Joe Morris (disambiguation)
* Jonathan Morris (disambiguation)
* Jordan Morris (disambiguation)
* Joseph Morris (disambiguation)
* John Morris (disambiguation)
* Johnny Morris (disambiguation)
* Josh Morris (disambiguation)
* Keith Morris (disambiguation)
* Kenneth Morris (disambiguation)
* Kevin Morris (disambiguation)
* Lee Morris (disambiguation)
* Lewis Morris (disambiguation)
* Lynn Morris (disambiguation)
* Margaret Morris (disambiguation)
* Mark Morris (disambiguation)
* Martin Morris (disambiguation)
* Mary Morris (disambiguation)
* Matthew Morris (disambiguation)
* Michael Morris (disambiguation)
* Mike Morris (disambiguation)
* Niall Morris (disambiguation)
* Nicholas Morris (disambiguation)
* Pat Morris (disambiguation)
* Patrick Morris (disambiguation)
* Paul Morris (disambiguation)
* Peter Morris (disambiguation)
* Philip Morris (disambiguation)
* Raymond Morris (disambiguation)
* Ricardo Morris (disambiguation)
* Richard Morris (disambiguation)
* Rob Morris (disambiguation)
* Robert Morris (disambiguation)
* Roger Morris (disambiguation)
* Ron Morris (disambiguation)
* Russell Morris (disambiguation)
* Samuel Morris (disambiguation)
* Sarah Morris (disambiguation)
* Simon Morris (disambiguation)
* Steve Morris (disambiguation)
* Stephen Morris (disambiguation)
* Sylvia Morris (disambiguation)
* Terry Morris (disambiguation)
* Thomas Morris (disambiguation)
* Tom Morris (disambiguation)
* Trevor Morris (disambiguation)
* Wayne Morris (disambiguation)
* William Morris (disambiguation)

### Arts and letters

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* Abigail Morris (born 1964), British arts administrator
* Abigail Morris, (born 1999), British singer-songwriter
* Adrian Morris (actor) (1907–1941), American stage and film actor
* Adrian Morris (painter) (1929–2004), English painter
* Agnes Thomas Morris (1865–1949), American writer and clubwoman
* Amos Morris (born 1987/1988), Australian country music bush balladeer
* Andrea Morris (born 1983), Canadian actress
* Anita Morris (1943–1994), American actress, singer and dancer
* Aubrey Morris (1926–2015), British actor
* Audrey Morris (1928–2018), American jazz singer
* Bam Morris (Byron Morris; born 1972), American football running back
* Barboura Morris (1932–1975), American actress
* Burton Morris (born 1964), American pop artist
* Butch Morris (Lawrence D. Morris; 1947–2013), American cornetist, composer and conductor
* Carey Morris (1882–1968), Welsh painter, illustrator, author and businessman
* Carol Morris (born 1936), American actress, 5th Miss Universe (1956)
* Caroline Morris (born 1974), British voice actress
* Cassandra Lee Morris (born 1982), American voice actress
* Cedric Morris (1889–1982), British artist, art teacher and plantsman
* Mrs. Charles H. Morris, the married name of Lelia N. Morris (1862–1929), American hymnwriter
* Chester Morris (1901–1970), American stage, film, television, and radio actor
* Christiana Morris (1804–1886), Mi'kmaq quillworker
* Clara Morris (1849–1925), American actress
* Craig Morris (born 1968), American orchestral trumpeter
* Danny Morris (music producer), American songwriter and record producer
* Dewi 'Pws' Morris (1948–2024), Welsh actor and musician
* Dorothy Morris (1922–2011), American film and television actress
* Edita Morris (1902–1988), Swedish-American writer
* Edith Emily Morris (1895–1965), New Zealand jewellery designer and silversmith
* Elida Morris (later Elida Morris Cooper; 1886–1977), American vaudeville singer, comedian and actress
* Eliot Morris (born 1977), American singer, songwriter and musician
* Eliza F. Morris (1821–1874), English hymnwriter
* Elliott Morris, British singer, songwriter and guitarist
* Ernest Morris (1913–1987), British film director
* Errol Morris (born 1948), American documentary film director
* Evelyn Morris (also known as Pikelet), Australian musician
* Flora Morris (born c. 1890), British stage and film actress
* Gareth Morris (1920–2007), British flautist
* Garrett Morris (born 1937), American actor and comedian
* Gary Morris (born 1948), American singer and stage actor
* Genevieve Morris (born 1967), Australian actress
* Geraint Morris (1941–1997), Welsh film and television director and producer
* Gerald Morris (born 1963), American writer of children's and young adult literature
* Gertrude Maesmore Morris (1872–1952), English-Australian actress
* Gilbert Morris (1929–2016), American Christian author
* Gouverneur Morris (novelist) (1876–1953), American author of pulp novels and short stories
* Haley Morris-Cafiero (born 1975/1976), American photographer
* Haviland Morris (born 1959), American film, television, and Broadway actress
* Heather Morris (born 1987), American actor
* Hilda Grossman Morris (1911–1991), American sculptor of the Northwest School
* Howard Morris (1919–2005), American actor, voice actor and director
* Iain Morris (born 1973), English screenwriter, creator of the British sitcom The Inbetweeners
* Ieuan Morris, British art photographer
* Iona Morris (born 1957), American actress
* Irvin Morris (born 1958), Navajo Nation author
* Ishan Morris (also known as iSH), Canadian actor and singer
* Islwyn Morris (1920–2011), Welsh-speaking actor and director
* J. Madison Wright Morris (also known as J. Madison Wright; 1984–2006), American actress
* Jackie Morris (born 1961), British writer and illustrator
* Jan Morris (1926–2020), Welsh historian, author, travel writer
* Jane Alice Morris (also known as Jenny Morris; 1861–1935), British embroiderer
* Janet Morris (1946–2024), American author
* Jay Hunter Morris (born 1963), American operatic tenor
* Jeremiah Morris (Jerome Maurice Gomberg; 1929–2006), American actor, television and theater director
* Jessica Morris, American actress
* Joan Morris (born 1943), American mezzo-soprano
* Joel Morris, British comedy writer
* Judy Morris (Judith Ann Morris; born 1947), Australian actress, film director and screenwriter
* Julia Morris (born 1968), Australian comedian, actress, writer, television presenter, and producer
* Julia Morris (filmmaker), Australian filmmaker
* Julian Morris (born 1983), English-American actor
* Julianne Morris (born 1968), American actress
* Karen Joy Morris aka Karen Mok (born 1970), Hong Kong actor and singer-songwriter
* Karen Morris-Gowdy (born 1956), American actress
* Katherine Faw Morris (also known as Katherine Faw; born 1983), American writer
* Kathleen Morris (1893–1986), Canadian painter, member of the Beaver Hall Group
* Kathryn Morris (born 1969), American actress
* Kendra Morris (born 1981), American soul singer-songwriter
* Lamar Morris, American country music singer and musician
* Lamorne Morris (born 1983), American actor
* Lana Morris (born Averil Maureen Anita Morris; 1930–1998), British film, stage and television actress
* Lelia N. Morris (Mrs. Charles H. Morris, 1862–1929), American hymn writer
* Lily Morris (born Lilles Mary Crosby; 1882–1952), English comedic music hall performer
* Linda Morris, American television producer and writer
* Mali Morris (born 1945), British artist
* Marcus Morris (1915–1989), British priest and publisher
* Maren Morris (born 1990), American musician
* Margie Morris (1892–1983), Anglo-Dutch actress
* Marianne Morris (born 1981), Canadian poet
* Marlowe Morris (1915–1978), American jazz pianist and organist
* Maurice Morris (born 1979), American football running back
* May Morris (Mary Morris; 1862–1938), English craftswoman and designer
* Mervyn Morris (born 1937), Jamaican poet
* Mitch Morris (born 1979), American actor
* Montrose Morris (1861–1916), American architect
* Myra Morris (1893–1966), Australian poet and novelist
* Nathan Morris (born 1971), American singer, founding member of the band Boyz II Men
* Olivia Morris (born 1997), English actress
* Oswald Morris (1915–2014), British cinematographer
* Owen Morris (born 1968), British record producer
* Paula Morris (born 1965), New Zealand writer
* Phyllis Morris (furniture designer) (1925–1988), American furniture designer
* R. Winston Morris (born 1941), American tubist
* Rae Morris (born 1992), British singer and songwriter
* Rebecca Morris (born 1969), American abstract painter
* Rebecca Morris (author), American true-crime author
* Reggie Morris (James Reginald Morris; 1886–1928), American actor, director, and screenwriter
* Reginald Owen Morris (1886–1948, better known as R.O. Morris), British composer and teacher
* Rooster Morris, American songwriter, musician and children's writer
* Ruthie Morris (born 1964), musician
* Seth Morris (born 1970), American actor, comedian and writer
* Sharon Morris, Welsh poet
* Shellie Morris, Indigenous Australian singer-songwriter
* Sienna Morris (born 1983), American painter
* Siwan Morris (born 1976), Welsh actress
* Stevland Hardaway Morris (born 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, American singer-songwriter and musician
* Talwin Morris (1865–1911), British book designer
* Tess Morris (Tessa Jo Morris; born 1977), British screenwriter
* Tracie Morris, American poet
* W. F. Morris (Walter Frederick Morris; 1892–1975), English novelist
* Wanya Morris (born 1973), American R&B singer and lead of group Boyz II Men
* Wesley Morris (born 1975), American journalist, film critic and podcast host
* Wilber Morris (1937–2002), American jazz double bass player
* William Charles Morris (1874–1940), American political cartoonist
* Wolfe Morris (born Woolf Steinberg; 1925–1996), English actor
* Wright Morris (1910–1998), American novelist, photographer, and essayist
* Wyn Morris (1929–2010), Welsh conductor
* Zack Morris (actor) (born 1998), English actor

### Education

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* John Turner MacGregor-Morris (1872–1959), British engineer, professor of electrical engineering at Queen Mary University of London
* A. J. A. Morris (Andrew James Anthony Morris), British historian
* Benny Morris (born 1948), Israeli historian
* Bonnie J. Morris (born 1961), American women's studies professor
* Charlotte P. Morris, American academic administrator
* Effie Morris (1921–2009), American librarian and educator
* Herbert Morris (1928–2022) American philosopher and law professor, UCLA
* Ivan Morris (1925–1976), British author and teacher in the field of Japanese studies
* Jeremy Morris (born 1960), British historian, Church of England priest
* Joe Hall Morris, American oral surgeon, chairman of the Oral Surgery Department at the University of Tennessee (1966–1988)
* Lawrence Morris, chief of staff and counselor to the president at The Catholic University of America
* Leon Morris (1914–2006), Australian New Testament scholar
* Myron Newton Morris (1810–1885), American educator, politician and Congregationalist minister, principal of Bacon Academy (1837–1838, 1840–1843), member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1872, 1875)
* Norman Morris (1920–2008), British obstetrician
* Norval Morris (1923–2004), Australian and American law professor, criminologist
* Pamela Morris (1906–2002), English teacher and publisher
* R. O. Morris (Reginald Owen Morris; 1886–1948), British composer and teacher
* Victor Pierpont Morris (1891–1974), professor (1926–1959), dean (1936–1957) and interim president (1953–1954) of the University of Oregon

### Politics, law, and government

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* Anne Marie Morris (born 1957), British politician, member of the House of Commons (2010–2024)
* Augustus Morris (1820–1895), Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
* Barry Morris (1935–2001), Australian politician
* Brewster Morris (1909–1990), United States Ambassador to Chad (1963–1967)
* Bruce Morris, American politician, Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (2007–2019)
* Buckner Stith Morris (1800–1879), Mayor of Chicago (1838–1839)
* Basil Morris (1888–1975), Australian general, military administrator of Papua (1942–1946)
* Cadwalader Morris (1741–1795), American merchant and politician, delegate for Pennsylvania in the Continental Congress (1783, 1784)
* Calvary Morris (1798–1871), U.S. Representative from Ohio (1837–1843)
* Claude F. Morris (1869–1957), Justice of the Montana Supreme Court
* Clifford Morris (1942–2022), British Labour politician, leader of Bolton Council (2006–2018)
* Corbyn Morris (1710–1779), English commissioner of the customs and economic writer
* Daniel Morris (1812–1889), U.S. Representative
* Deborah Morris-Travers (born 1970), member of the New Zealand House of Representatives (1996–1999)
* Dick Morris (born 1948), American political author, newspaper columnist, and commentator
* Earle Morris Jr. (1928–2011), American Democratic politician, Lieutenant-Governor of South Carolina (1971–1975)
* Edward Joy Morris (1815–1881), United States Representative from Pennsylvania
* Estelle Morris (born 1952), British politician and member of the House of Lords
* Floyd Morris (born 1969), President of the Senate of Jamaica (2013–2016)
* G. Delbert Morris (1909–1987), American Republican politician, member of the California State Assembly (1948–1956)
* Gouverneur Morris (1752–1816), American statesman, and diplomat
* Grahame Morris (born 1961), British politician, member of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (from 2010)
* Greta N. Morris, United States Ambassador to the Republic of the Marshall Islands (2003–2006)
* Gwladys Evan Morris (1879–1957), Welsh stage actress and writer
* Harvey R. Morris (1807–1886), New York politician
* Ira Nelson Morris (1883–1942), American diplomat, Minister to Sweden (1914–1923)
* Isaac N. Morris (1812–1879), United States Representative from Illinois (1857–1861)
* J. Clyde Morris (1909–1987), American civil servant, only city manager of City of Warwick, Virginia (1952–1958)
* James Morris (born 1967), British politician, member of the House of Commons (2010–2024)
* Jay Morris (born 1958), American, businessman, attorney and politician, Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (2012–2020)
* Jerry Morris (Jeremiah Noah Morris; 1910–2009), British epidemiologist and cardiologist
* Jill Morris, British Ambassador to Italy (2016–2022)
* Kiah Morris (born 1976), Vermont politician
* Kindred Jenkins Morris (1819–1884), American Democratic politician, Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee (1869–1871)
* Kirk Morris (born 1942), Italian bodybuilder and actor
* Kristi Morris, American politician
* Leland B. Morris (1886–1950), American diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to Iceland (1942–1944) and to Iran (1944–1945)
* Leslie Morris (1904–1964), Welsh-Canadian politician, general secretary of the Communist Party of Canada (1962–1964)
* Lisa Morris-Julian (1975 or 1976–2024), Trinidadian politician
* Logan Morris (1889–1977), judge of the United States Board of Tax Appeals
* Lorenzo Morris (1817–1903), New York politician
* Luzon B. Morris (1827–1895), American lawyer and politician, 55th Governor of Connecticut (1893–1895)
* Lyndon Henry Morris (1889–1946), Devon chief constable (1931–1946)
* Malcolm Morris (1913–1972), English lawyer
* Mathias Morris (1787–1839), Anti-Jacksonian and Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
* Milton Morris (1924–2019), Australian politician, Member of the New South Wales Parliament (1956–1980), New South Wales Minister for Transport (1965–1975)
* Mount Etna Morris (1900–1988), American politician, State Treasurer of Missouri (1949–1953, 1957–1961, 1965–1969)
* Naomi E. Morris (1921–1986), American jurist, Chief Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals (1978–1982)
* Newbold Morris (1902–1966), American politician, lawyer, president of the New York City Council (1938–1945)
* Olive Morris (1952–1979), British civil rights activist
* Oscar Morris (1876–1939), American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Senate (1921–1938)
* Patricia Morris, Baroness Morris of Bolton (born 1953), British peer, Shadow Minister for Women, Opposition Whip for the Conservative Party
* Percy Morris (1893–1967), British railway clerk, trade unionist and politician, member of Parliament (1945–1959)
* Rhys Hopkin Morris (1888–1956), Welsh Liberal politician, Member of Parliament (1923–1932, (1945–1956)
* Rien Morris, Marshallese politician
* Roland S. Morris (1874–1945), U.S. Ambassador to Japan (1917–1920)
* Staats Long Morris (1728–1800), major-general in the British army during the American Revolution, Governor of Quebec (1797–1800)
* Stuart Morris, Australian lawyer, Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria (2003–2007)
* Tim Morris (Timothy Bryce Morris; born 1955), Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly (2002–2014)
* Toby Morris (politician) (1899–1973), American politician, U.S. Representative from Oklahoma (1947–1953, 1957–1961)
* Timothy Morris (born 1958), British diplomat, ambassador to Morocco and Mauritania (2008–2012), the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo (temporary, 2014–2015), and South Sudan (2015–2017)
* Trefor Morris (born 1934), British law enforcer, Chief Inspector of Constabulary (1993–1996)
* Valentine Morris (1727–1789), British landowner and politician, Governor of St. Vincent (1772–1779)
* Owen Temple-Morris (1896–1985), British barrister and Conservative politician, member of Parliament (1931–1942)
* Yolonda Morris, American politician from Illinois

### Sciences

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* Adele Morris (born 1963), policy director for Climate and Energy Economics at the Brookings Institution
* Aldon Morris (born 1949), American sociologist
* Barbara Morris (1918–2009), English art scholar and artist
* Bede Morris (1927–1988), Australian immunologist
* Bevan Morris (born 1949), American psychologist and philosopher, president of Maharishi University of Management (1980–2016)
* Christine Ballengee-Morris, professor in the Arts Administration, Education and Policy Department for Ohio State University
* Cynthia Taft Morris (1928–2013), American economist
* Sir Daniel Morris (1844–1933), British botanist
* Desmond Morris (born 1928), British ethnologist and zoologist
* Gareth A. Morris (born 1954), British chemist
* Hamilton Morris (born 1987), American writer, documentarian, and psychoactive drug researcher
* Hannah Morris, American anthropologist, member of the Underground Astronauts group
* Howard Morris (biochemist), British biochemist
* Joy Morris (born 1970), Canadian mathematician
* Julian Morris (economist), British and American economist, Vice President of Research at Reason Foundation
* Kirsten Morris (born 1960), Canadian applied mathematician
* Malcolm Morris (dermatologist) (1849–1924), British surgeon and dermatologist, first president of the British Association of Dermatologists (1920–1921), chairman of the London Radium Institute (1923–1925)
* Margaretta Morris (1797–1867), American entomologist
* Meaghan Morris (born 1950), Australian scholar of cultural studies
* Molly R. Morris, American behavioral ecologist
* Nigel Goring-Morris, British and Israeli archaeologist
* Ralph Camroux Morris (1895–1977), British Indian hunter-naturalist and politician
* Rosa M. Morris (1914–2011), British applied mathematician
* Ruth Morris (1933–2001), Canadian sociologist, penologist and prison abolitionist
* Rona Moss-Morris, British psychologist
* S. Brent Morris, American mathematician, freemasonic historian
* Tessa Morris-Suzuki (née Tessa Morris; born 1951), British historian

### Sports

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* A. J. Morris (born 1986), American baseball pitcher
* Aggrey Morris (born 1984), Tanzanian footballer
* Akeel Morris (born 1992), American baseball pitcher
* Alec Morris, New Zealand rugby league footballer
* Alessandro Morris (born 1982), Caymanian cricketer
* Alwyn Morris (born 1957), Canadian Olympic sprint kayaker
* Aric Morris (born 1977), American football safety
* Barney Morris (1915–1962), baseball player in the Negro leagues
* Bernard Morris (born 1985), American football quarterback
* Bernie Morris (Bernard Patrick Morris; 1890–1963), Canadian ice hockey player
* Brennan Morris (born 1990), American swimmer
* Brett Morris (born 1986), Australian rugby league footballer
* Bryn Morris (born 1996), English footballer
* Buckshot Morris, American car racer and race car owner
* Butler Morris, Papua New Guinean rugby league player
* Cale Morris, (born 1996), American ice hockey goaltender
* Callum Morris (born 1990), English footballer
* Carolyn Morris (1925–1996), American baseball pitcher
* Carlton Morris (born 1995), English footballer
* Cavour Morris (born 1932), Barbadian sports shooter
* Catherine Morris, British figure skater
* Cecil Morris (1933–2001), American football coach and player
* Chad Morris (born 1968), American football coach
* Christie Morris (Charles Christopher Morris; 1882–1971), American cricketer
* Cody Morris (born 1996), American baseball player
* Dai Morris (William David Morris; born 1941), Welsh rugby union footballer
* Dale Morris (born 1982), Australian rules footballer
* Danny Morris (1946–2023), American baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins
* Darren Morris (born 1974), Wales rugby union player
* Darrin Morris (1966–2000), American super middleweight boxer
* Darick Kobie Morris (born 1995), Croatian footballer
* Darius Morris (born 1991), American basketball player
* Dennit Morris (1936–2014), American football linebacker
* Des Morris (born 1948), Australian rugby league footballer, coach and administrator
* Desmond Morris (athlete) (1961–1989), Jamaican Olympic high jumper
* Devon Morris (born 1961), Jamaican sprinter
* Dewi Morris (born 1964), English rugby union footballer
* Dov Grumet-Morris (born 1982), American ice hockey player
* Doyt Morris (1916–1984), American baseball outfielder
* Earl H. Morris, American archeologist
* Earl Morris (basketball coach) (born 1933), American high school basketball coach
* Earle Morris (born 1945), Canadian curler
* Edgar Morris (1914–2002), Rhodesian cricket player
* Elfed Morris (1942–2013), Welsh footballer
* Elliot Morris (rugby league) (born 1996), English rugby league footballer
* Elwyn Morris (also known as Moe Morris; 1921–2000), Canadian ice hockey player
* Finlay Morris (1945–1967), Scottish professional golfer
* Frazer Morris (born 1997), British rugby league player
* Gavin Morris (born 1998), South African cricketer
* George H. Morris (born 1938), American equestrian
* Glenn Morris (1912–1974), American Olympic track and field athlete
* Glenn Morris (footballer) (born 1983), English football goalkeeper
* Graeme Morris (cricketer) (born 1963), English cricketer
* Grenville Morris (1877–1959), Welsh footballer
* Hampton Morris (born 2004), American weightlifter
* Haydn Morris (1928–2021), British rugby union wing
* Isaiah Morris (born 1969), American basketball player
* Jake Morris (soccer) (born 1999), American soccer player
* Jake Morris (hurler), Irish hurler
* Jamel Morris (born 1992), American basketball player
* Jason Morris (born 1967), American Olympic judoka
* Jaylen Morris (born 1995), American basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks
* Jené Morris (born 1987), American basketball player
* Jody Morris, English football player
* Jontavius Morris (born 1993), American football defensive tackle and coach
* Jordan Morris (born 1994), American international soccer player
* Julius Morris (born 1994), Montserratian sprinter
* Hal Morris (born 1965), baseball player
* Hunter Morris (born 1988), American baseball first baseman
* Kelvin Morris (born 1982), American football linebacker
* Kieran Morris (born 1990), Irish hurler
* Kieron Morris (born 1994), English footballer playing for Walsall
* L. N. Morris, American football coach, head coach at Lehigh University
* Larry Morris (1933–2012), American football linebacker
* Larry Morris (running back) (born 1962), American football player
* Leonard Morris (cricketer) (1898–1984), English cricketer
* Lester Morris, Saint Kitts and Nevis football manager
* Lisa Newman-Morris (born 1971), Australian trampoline gymnast
* Luismel Morris (Luismel Morris Calero; born 1997), Cuban football player
* Luke Morris (born 1988), English jockey
* Maesmore Morris (1868–1917), Australian cricketer
* Marcus Morris (born 1989), American basketball player
* Markieff Morris (born 1989), American basketball player
* Max Morris (1925–1998), American basketball and American football player
* Meg Morris (born 1992), American soccer player
* Mercury Morris, American football player
* Monté Morris (born 1995), American basketball player for the Denver Nuggets
* Morgan Morris (born 1998), Welsh rugby union player for Ospreys
* Mouse Morris (Michael Morris; born 1951), Irish racehorse trainer and jockey
* Nasief Morris (born 1981), South African footballer
* Neil Morris (born 1970), English footballer
* Noel Morris (born 1975), Irish hurler
* Norman Morris (English cricketer) (1849–1874)
* Norman Morris (Australian cricketer) (1907–1982)
* Oliver Morris (1916–1944), Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer
* P. Morris (Sussex cricketer), 19th-century first-class cricketer
* P. J. Morris, 20th-century first-class cricketer
* Percy Morris (cricketer) (1881–1975), Welsh cricketer
* Quintin Morris (born 1999), American football player
* R. Morris (footballer) (c. 1864 – ?), English footballer who played for Everton
* Rachel Morris (cyclist) (born 1979), British Paralympic cyclist and rower
* Raheem Morris, American football coach
* Randall Morris (born 1961), American football running back
* Randolph Morris (born 1986), American basketball player for the Beijing Ducks of the Chinese Basketball Association
* Ray Morris (1908–1933), Australian rugby league footballer
* Robin Morris (born 1976), Indian cricketer
* Rod Morris (born 1950), Australian rugby league footballer
* Rodney Morris (born 1970), American pool player
* Rosemary Morris (also known as Rosie Morris; born 1986), British Olympic water polo player
* Ruth Morris (athlete) (born 1962), United States Virgin Islands Olympic sprinter
* Sandi Morris (born 1992), American pole vaulter
* Sean Morris (cricketer) (born 1968), English cricketer who played for the Hampshire County club
* Sean Morris (born 1982), American lacrosse player
* Seb Morris (Sebastian Morris; born 1995), British racing driver
* Seymour Morris (1913–1991), Welsh football outside left
* Sian Morris (born 1965), Welsh sprinter
* Sion Morris (born 1977), Welsh cricketer who played for the Wales Minor Counties club
* Shane Morris (born 1994), American football quarterback
* Shaquille Morris (born 1994), American basketball player for the San-en NeoPhoenix
* Solomon Morris (born 1990), Sierra Leonean footballer
* Stan Morris (1893–1948), Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond club
* Stephon Morris (born 1991), American football cornerback
* Stewart Morris (1909–1991), British Olympic sailor
* Sue Morris (born 1958), New Zealand cricketer
* Sylvester Morris (born 1977), American football wide receiver
* Tashreeq Morris (born 1994), South African footballer
* Taylor Morris (luger) (born 1991), American Olympic luger
* Teddy Morris (Allan Byron Morris; 1910–1965), Canadian rules football player
* Terence Morris (born 1979) American NBA and Israel Basketball Premier League basketball player
* Tracey Morris (born 1967), British long-distance runner
* Una Morris (born 1947), Jamaican sprinter
* Vernon Morris (1900–1973), Welsh cricketer who played for the Glamorgan County club
* Victor Morris (born 1985), American basketball player
* Violette Morris (1893–1944), French Olympic athlete
* Walter Morris (John Walter Morris; 1880–1961), American baseball player
* Wanya Morris (American football) (born 2000), American football player
* Warren Morris (born 1974), American Olympic baseball player
* Whiz Morris (Harold Marsh Morris; 1898–1984), English cricketer
* Zac Morris (born 1978), English cricketer

### Other

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* Leslie Dalton-Morris (1906–1976), senior Royal Air Force commander
* Agnes Thomas Morris (1865–1949), American writer and clubwoman
* Alice Vanderbilt Morris (1874–1950), member of the Vanderbilt family, co-founder of the International Auxiliary Language Association
* Augustus Newbold Morris (1838–1906), American socialite
* Barry S. Morris, CEO of NuoDB
* Ben Morris (special effects artist), Best Visual Effects Academy Award winner for The Golden Compass (2007)
* Christine Wigfall Morris (1922–2014), American librarian
* Claud Morris (1920–2000), British newspaper owner
* Clayton Morris (born 1976), American real estate investor and television host
* Cory Morris (born 1978), American serial killer and necrophile
* Dontae Morris (born 1985), American convicted serial killer sentenced to the death penalty
* Doug Morris (born 1938), chairman and CEO of the Universal Music Group (1995–2011) and Sony Music Entertainment (2011–2017)
* Douglas Morris (1908–1990), Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Royal Air Force Fighter Command (1962–1966)
* Ernest William Morris (died 1937), secretary and house governor of The London Hospital (1903–1930)
* Esther Morris Leidolf, medical sociologist, and intersex activist
* Eva Morris (1885–2000), British supercentenarian, oldest recognised person in the world (1999–2000)
* Evan Morris (1977–2015), American lobbyist for Genentech and Roche
* Gideon Morris (1756–1798), trans-Appalachian pioneer and founder of Morristown, Tennessee
* Gouverneur Morris Jr. (1813–1888), American railroad executive
* Graeme Morris (game designer), British RPG designer
* H. G. Morris, acting Commander of the Ceylon Volunteers Force (1902)
* Jane Morris (née Jane Burden, 1839–1914), English artists' model, and embroiderer
* Jasper Morris, British wine expert
* Juliet Morris (born 1965), British television presenter
* Kathleen Tacchi-Morris (1899–1993), British anti-war activist, founder of Women for World Disarmament
* Kylie Morris, Australian and British journalist
* Layne Morris (born 1962), American Special Forces soldier
* Maureen Morris, New Zealand nurse
* Melvin Morris (born 1942), American Special Forces Soldier, Vietnam War veteran, Medal of Honor recipient
* Mittie Morris (1874–1953), American activist
* Nancy Morris (born 1961), Reform rabbi of Glasgow Reform Synagogue
* Natali Morris (née Natali Del Conte; born 1978), American technology news journalist
* Nate Morris (born 1980), American entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of the recycling company Rubicon Global
* Nathan Morris (evangelist) (born 1979), British and American evangelist, leader of the Bay Revival
* Nelson Morris (1838–1907), American meatpacker
* Neva Morris (1895–2010), American supercentenarian
* Nigel Morris (born 1958), British businessman, co-founder of Capital One Financial Services
* Nizah Morris (1955–2002), American transgender entertainer
* Patricia "Patsy" Morris (1966–1980), murdered British child
* R. Scott Morris, American financial engineer
* Rachel Morris, English psychotherapist and counsellor
* Roy Morris (c. 1930 – 2011), British Scout Leader, recipient of the Silver Wolf Award
* Rupert Morris (1843–1918), Welsh clergyman and antiquarian
* Stuyvesant Fish Morris (1843–1928), American physician
* Tim Morris (priest) (Timothy David Morris), Dean of Edinburgh (1992–2001)
* Victor Vaughen Morris (1873–1929), American and Peruvian businessman and bar owner, inventor of pisco sour cocktail
* Walter F. Morris Jr., American cultural preservationist

## Characters

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* Archie Morris, a character in the television series ER
* Christine Morris, a character in the television series Christine Morris series
* Dinah Morris, a character in George Eliot's novel Adam Bede (1859)
* Lou Anthony Morris, a character in the British television series Friday Night Dinner
* Mr. Morris, a character in the television series Arthur
* Rhydian Morris, a character in the British television series Wolfblood
* Nikki Morris, a character in the 2004 video game Need for Speed: Underground 2, portrayed by Kelly Brook
* Quincey Morris, a character in Bram Stoker's horror novel Dracula (1897)
* Zack Morris, a character in the sitcoms Good Morning, Miss Bliss; Saved by the Bell, and Saved by the Bell: The College Years

## See also

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* Morris (given name)
* Morris family (disambiguation)
* Morris baronets
* Morriss, surname
* Maurice (disambiguation)
* Morrice

## Notes

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1. ^ "Morris Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History". forebears.io. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
2. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016-11-17), "Morris", The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780199677764.001.0001/acref-9780199677764-e-29111?rskey=dmmtsa&result=1, ISBN 978-0-19-967776-4, retrieved 2024-04-04
3. ^ Services, Good Stuff IT. "Surname distribution maps for Morris surname meaning, origin, etymology and distribution in Great Britain". britishsurnames.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
4. ^ "Morris Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History". forebears.io. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
5. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016-11-17), "Morris", The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780199677764.001.0001/acref-9780199677764-e-29111?rskey=iw3uuh&result=1, ISBN 978-0-19-967776-4, retrieved 2024-04-04
6. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016-11-17), "Morris", The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780199677764.001.0001/acref-9780199677764-e-29111?rskey=dmmtsa&result=1, ISBN 978-0-19-967776-4, retrieved 2024-04-04
7. ^ "moreis - Middle English Compendium". quod.lib.umich.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-04..
8. ^ "Saint Maurice", Wikipedia, 2024-03-04, retrieved 2024-04-04

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