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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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Fairyvocals · 04/07/2025 22:41

Morris is an 85-year-old retired orthodontist from Stanmore.

pyjamadays · 04/07/2025 22:40

My grandad was called Morris and he’d be 107 if he was still alive, so it’s definitely been a name for a while… not sure why people are claiming it’s only a surname?! Maybe it’s due a revival!

pyjamadays · 04/07/2025 22:40

My grandad was called Morris and he’d be 107 if he was still alive, so it’s definitely been a name for a while… not sure why people are claiming it’s only a surname?! Maybe it’s due a revival!

AlicePottery · 04/07/2025 22:39

Whoah, slow down Maurice!

HeCharters · 04/07/2025 22:34

@tinyspiny , your attitude is a bit chevalier.

tinyspiny · 04/07/2025 22:29

My car is called Maurice , but pronounced like the French do but I wouldn’t use it for a human and Morris is worse .

milislovelybut · 04/07/2025 22:26

NoelFaraday · 04/07/2025 22:09

Thank heavens for little girls!

I see what you did there 😉

NoelFaraday · 04/07/2025 22:09

Thank heavens for little girls!

Chasingsquirrels · 04/07/2025 22:06

My grandad was Morris (spelt like that, after his mother's maiden name I believe).
He was born around 1910.

Personally I don't like it.

Ikeameatballs · 04/07/2025 22:03

I don’t like it but that really doesn’t matter, it’s your child.

I do like:

Lionel
Vaughan
Rocco

NormasArse · 04/07/2025 22:00

My grandad was Maurice. He was the loveliest man, and was actually quite ‘posh’. He’d be 104 if he was still alive now.

CurlyhairedAssassin · 04/07/2025 22:00

Since working in a primary school I've got used to seeing all sorts of names, and the kids kind of end up suiting them. Morris as the spelling I just think of as a mis-spelling of Norris as in Norris McWhirter or Maurice.

Will the short name be Mo?

DisforDarkChocolate · 04/07/2025 21:56

I love Morris, and Ralph.

I knew a lovely Morris when my children were young.

Inthesmallclouds · 04/07/2025 21:55

Not good, it’s pretty terrible

ByLilacMember · 04/07/2025 21:16

I really like it! Makes for a cool kid

JillyGiraffe · 04/07/2025 21:12

Morris makes me think of Morrisons, but I assume you’d spell the name Maurice? Personally I’m not keen but I’ve heard so many unusual names lately I actually think it’s fine!

NooNakedJacuzziness · 04/07/2025 20:04

He could grow up to be a joker, or a smoker or a midnight toker

HeCharters · 04/07/2025 19:57

I know a Maurice (Morris not Mo-reece) and a Morris.

SleepWalkingtoSeville · 04/07/2025 19:29

MemorableTrenchcoat · 04/07/2025 19:22

British Leyland dropped the Morris brand almost 40 years ago, because it sounded fuddy-duddy even then.

Given that names tend to peak in popularity in 100-year (ish) cycles, it would make perfect sense that a name which is due a comeback sounded old-fashioned 40 years ago!

WitcheryDivine · 04/07/2025 19:24

I’ve only ever known it as an animal name but if I met a baby Morris I would think it was a good name. I like Mori/Mauri as a nickname.

MemorableTrenchcoat · 04/07/2025 19:22

British Leyland dropped the Morris brand almost 40 years ago, because it sounded fuddy-duddy even then.

InMySpareTime · 04/07/2025 19:21

Interestingly, on this name statistics site, in 2023 there were the same number of babies named Morris and Maurice (13 each)

https://names.darkgreener.com/

Baby Names in England & Wales

Find the perfect name for your baby or spot naming trends - explore the names chosen for babies in England and Wales since 1996.

https://names.darkgreener.com/#maurice

theunbreakablecleopatrajones · 04/07/2025 19:20

JaneEyre40 · 04/07/2025 19:09

It is if she gives it to her child. Things change.

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She’s aiming for posh though, so she means Maurice, like the novel. Morris isn’t going to give that vibe.

GreenMarigold · 04/07/2025 19:19

Reminds me of the main character in Ideal!

theunbreakablecleopatrajones · 04/07/2025 19:19

Is your surname Minor?

Needs to be Maurice if you are aiming for posh, Morris is the surname.

I am not crazy about it, but early 20th century names are in, and I met a 16 year old Cyril recently, so what do I know..