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Thoughts on Morris as boys name?

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armt · 04/07/2025 18:54

We’re struggling. Love Morris! We like “posh” boy names. But our friends have used many of the names we love.

thoughts?

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user1492757084 · 07/07/2025 09:41

Maurice is handsome.

Similar to ..
Gerald
Hugh
Gillon
John
David
Fergus
Zelman
Stuart
Edmund
Angus

LadyGAgain · 06/07/2025 15:20

Is. Sorry!! He is!!

LadyGAgain · 06/07/2025 15:20

He was but you say it the same in the UK.

HeCharters · 06/07/2025 12:06

@LadyGAgain , Mr Gibb was Maurice.

LadyGAgain · 06/07/2025 00:44

Dancing, Gibb, Minor.

i don’t like it at all. Sorry!

Whynotjustengageyourbrain · 05/07/2025 23:47

Terrible. Old man name.

Allthebestaregone · 05/07/2025 23:38

Morris is a first name, a proper English first name.
Another way of spelling the name is Maurice, which was my dad's name.
The number of times people would pronounce it Mor-reece, the French way, it used to drive my dad mad.
Maury is a diminutive of Maurice.

Hermiaxx · 05/07/2025 22:11

Having read ‘’Beyond Black’, Morris is ‘a snivelling vulgar man riddled with perversions’ so it’s a no from me!

RobertaFirmino · 05/07/2025 21:27

Whether you like it or not, he'll get called Moz.

SorrowsPrayers · 05/07/2025 20:46

@NooNakedJacuzziness🎶 Brilliant!

fruitypancake · 05/07/2025 20:15

Awful

muddyford · 05/07/2025 19:05

Maurice is nicer, in my opinion.

Cyclistmumgrandma · 05/07/2025 18:06

MrsBucketHat · 04/07/2025 19:01

The Space Cowboy?

No, The Gangster of Love.

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 05/07/2025 17:23

Huggersunite · 04/07/2025 18:58

Is the name not Maurice, I’d have said Morris is a surname.

I love the name Maurice and the nn Maury. Agree that Morris is a surname or a dance as far as I'm concerned, anyway.

Bagofweasels · 05/07/2025 15:54

I think it’s great! I know two people called Morris both elderly local farmers. I don’t really like the spelling Maurice though. I think a baby Morris would be lovely! x

Sandmaennchen · 05/07/2025 15:47

Maurice is much nicer!

Nottodaty · 05/07/2025 10:25

I know 2 - one spelt Maurice and is 50 years old & another 15 year old spelt Morris.

Both lovely & somehow just suit the name!

Wavescrashingonthebeach · 05/07/2025 10:14

Sorry i think its awful.

Its shorthand round here for Morris Dancing (the modern version teenage girls do)

Only other connections I can immediately think of is the supermarket Morrisons

NoWomanNoBuy · 05/07/2025 10:13

Heh @Mylovelygreendress that's cute.

Mylovelygreendress · 05/07/2025 10:10

I was at school with a boy called Morris . His father was also Morris so son was known as Morris Minor !

Bridport · 05/07/2025 10:07

MonetsLilac is quite posh though 😉

Whatever posh is.

MonetsLilac · 05/07/2025 10:06

Anyway, OP - good luck! I'm off now because I am not up for any silly argy bargy.
Go for Morris if you like it!

MonetsLilac · 05/07/2025 10:05

HeCharters · 05/07/2025 10:03

@MonetsLilac it's in the top 50 boys' names. They won't all be posh.

Ok. Fine. This is just a light-hearted name suggestion thread. I'm not here for an argument.

HeCharters · 05/07/2025 10:03

@MonetsLilac it's in the top 50 boys' names. They won't all be posh.