Morris (surname) explained

Morris
Language:	English
Language origin:	Old English, Irish, Welsh, French, Latin
Derivation:	Various

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

Origins

Britain

Morris is of Anglo-Norman origin and is a relationship name derived from the Middle English and Old French personal name Moreis, or Maurice (from the Latin Mauritius 'Moorish, dark, swarthy'; from Maurus 'a Moor').^[2] It was the name of the 3rd century Christian martyr Saint Maurice. According to the 1881 Census, the vast majority of people with the surname Morris were located in Lancashire, England (8723; 2516 per million); with significant concentrations in London, Glamorgan, and the West Midlands. Now more widespread across the UK, the majority can be found in London, the West Midlands, Greater Manchester and Wales, with a total of 95,101 recorded across the country in 2016.^[3] ^[4] In Wales, Morris is an Anglicisation of the Welsh name Meurig, itself a Welsh variant of the Latin Mauritius (see also Morus and Morys), derived from the Anglo-Norman French form of the name.

Ireland

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.

Germany

In some cases Morris is of German origin, as a variant of the German name Moritz.

Notable people with the surname "Morris"

Disambiguation of common given names with this surname

Arts and letters

Adrian Morris (actor) (1907–1941), American stage and film actor
Adrian Morris (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 (18621929), 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
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 (born 1946), 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
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

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
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

Anne Marie Morris (born 1957), British politician, member of the House of Commons (from 2010)
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 (from 2007)
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 (born 1942), 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 (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 (from 2010)
Jay Morris (born 1958), American, businessman, attorney and politician, Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (from 2012)
Jerry Morris (Jeremiah Noah Morris; 1910–2009), British epidemiologist and cardiologist
Jill Morris, British Ambassador to Italy (from 2016)
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)
Lorenzo Morris (1817–1903), New York politician
Logan Morris (1889–1977), judge of the United States Board of Tax Appeals
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

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

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 (born 1949), 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

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
G. Scott Morris (born 1954), American medical doctor and ordained minister in the United Methodist Church
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
Melvin Morris (born 1942), American Special Forces Soldier, Vietnam War veteran, Medal of Honor recipient
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 (– 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

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 , 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

Notes and References

Web site: Morris Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History . 2024-04-04 . forebears.io.
Web site: moreis - Middle English Compendium . 2024-04-04 . quod.lib.umich.edu. .
Web site: Services . Good Stuff IT . Surname distribution maps for Morris surname meaning, origin, etymology and distribution in Great Britain . 2024-04-04 . britishsurnames.co.uk.
Web site: Morris Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History . 2024-04-04 . forebears.io.