Morris

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ORIGIN AND HISTORY

Morris is primarily English and can be a variant of the name Maurice. As Morris, it was a common name in the Middle Ages. Like many names during that period, it waxed and waned in popularity and became popular again in English-speaking countries in the last century or so. Morris and some close derivatives also served as a surname, often in Jewish lineages. It is also believed to be an Anglicized form of “Moses.” ^[1]

POPULARITY

According to the Social Security Administration, Morris has not been one of the top 1000 most popular names in the United States since 1994. Then it placed 977th.

Morris has slowly and steadily gone into decline in popularity since the beginning of the last century. In 1907, for example, it ranked 96th (out of 1000). During the teens it remained in the top 100 and was still strong into the 1920s through the 1940s where it still remained in the top 200. It wasn’t until the 1950 and 1960s where the decline was greater and brought it closer to 400. By the 1970s it was in the 400s, the 1980s saw a decline into the 600s and by the 1990s it dropped to the 900s.

FACTS

• Morris the Cat was one of the most successful and well known advertising campaigns and icons of the latter part of the 20th Century. As the “spokes cat” for 9 Lives Cat Food, the curmudgeonly feline “spoke” in a funny and superior way “to” its owner. 9 Lives now runs a cat adoption campaign using Morris as its trademark. ^[1]
• The Morris Worm was one of the first “worms” distributed over the Internet.

NAMESAKES

• Morris Chapel, TN Zip code(s): 38361
• Morris Run, PA Zip code(s): 16939
• Morris Fork, KY Zip code(s): 41314
• Morris Plains, NJ Population (1990): 5219
• Morris County, TX Population (1990): 13200
• Morris County, NJ Population (1990): 421353
• Morris County, KS Population (1990): 6198
• Morris, PA Zip code(s): 16938
• Morris, OK Population (1990): 1216 Zip code(s): 74445
• Morris, NY Population (1990): 642 Zip code(s): 13808
• Morris, MN Population (1990): 5613 Zip code(s): 56267
• Morris, IL Population (1990): 10270 Zip code(s): 60450
• Morris, CT Zip code(s): 06763
• Morris, AL Population (1990): 1136 Zip code(s): 35116
• Mount Morris, IL Population (1990): 2919 Zip code(s): 61054
• Mount Morris, MI Population (1990): 3292 Zip code(s): 48458
• Mount Morris, NY Population (1990): 3102 ^[1]

FAMOUS PERSONS

• Lewis Morris (surname) (1726–1798) was an American landowner signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress for New York. ^[1]
• Mary Morris (surname) (1915 -1988) was a British actress who played a variety of unique characters because of her petite and striking looks. Included in her repertoire were Peter Pan and as a character on Dr. Who. ^[1]

OTHER MORRIS'S

Morris Kahn, Morris Smith, Morris Johnson, Morris Williams, Morris Jones, Morris Brown, Morris Davis, Morris Miller, Morris Wilson, Morris Moore, Morris Taylor, Morris Aanstad, Morris Aaronson, Morris Abernathy, Morris Abramowitz, Morris Adatto, Morris Aagard, Morris Aaron, Morris Aasen, Morris Abadi, Morris Abbattista, Morris Abber, Morris Abbey, Morris Abbott, Morris Abboudi, Morris Abdou, Morris Abdullah, Morris Abe, Morris Aberbach, Morris Abeyounis, Morris Abeyta, Morris Abner, Morris Abolafia, Morris Aboud, Morris Abragam, Morris Abraham, Morris Abrahamson, Morris Abram, Morris Abramoff, Morris Abramovitz, Morris Abrams, Morris Acevedo, Morris Acker, Morris Ackerman, Morris Acosta, Morris Acreman, Morris Acrich, Morris Acuff, Morris Acunis, Morris Adair, More results

Author: Mike Szimanski

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