Thoughts on Morris as boys name?

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

thoughts?

Dancing

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

I'm not the biggest fan of surnames as first names, sorry.

Op how old is your baby?

Maurice Is dreadful and Morris is worse.

I'd spell it Maurice as a first name, but it's fine. Kind of in keeping with the retro revival but less commonplace than Arthur and Percy. Why not?

Agreed. Morris is not a first name.

I always thought it was spelled Maurice (differentiates it from the car, if nothing else) and you can say it in a beautiful French accent, like Maurice Chevalier.

This! I like Maurice! Quite a elegant, sophisticated vibe to it!

The Space Cowboy?

My first reaction is I’m not keen, but it could grow on me.

Minor

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

How about Horatio shortened to horace? Then it’s an actual name rather than surname? Maurice just makes me think everyone will say it is a faulty towers “ManWellll” kind of accent
morris spelt this way is definitely dancer or minor too… I think there are nicer names out there

There’s someone in my church called Morris Morris so it’s been a legitimate first name for at least 80 years. Every time I see his name I think “so good they named him twice”

I think it's a great choice for an 80 year old man!

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..

Reminds me of the main character in Ideal!

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

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/

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

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.

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!

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

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