All over the world, Morris (Morris 
, موريس 
, מוריס 
, among others...) is a common boy's first name. The first name Morris is habitual in Mongolia, where it is quite a common masculine name, Jamaica, where it is quite a rare male name, and the United States. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in the United States, South Africa, and Nigeria. More frequently, Morris is the last name as well as the forename.
Morris is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Morris Torledsky , the character in the TV series Law & Order; Moe Szyslak , the fictional character from The Simpsons franchise; Morris O'Brian , the character from the television series 24; Morris Fischer , character in Goede tijden, slechte tijden and Morris the Cat , the mascot of the "9Lives" brand cat food, and in many other works.
| lewis morris English sugar planter in Barbados, later in New York 1613-1691, GB (b. 1613) |
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lewis morris American politician, US (b. 1671) |
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lewis morris colonial American judge and politician in New York (1698-1762 ), US (b. 1698) |
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lewis morris British cartographer, GB (b. 1701) |
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| morris ap rhisiart Welsh farmer, father of the Morris brothers of Anglesey, GB (b. 1674) |
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lewis morris American landowner and developer from Morrisania, New York (1726-1798), Signer of the Declaration of Independence, US (b. 1726) |
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cadwalader morris American politician, US (b. 1741) |
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gouverneur morris American politician (1752-1816), US (b. 1752) |
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lewis morris American politician 1753-1824, US (b. 1753) |
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lewis r. morris American politician (1760-1825), US (b. 1760) |
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| corbyn morris English official and economic writer (b. 1710) |
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buckner stith morris American mayor (1800-1879), US (b. 1800) |
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lewis g. morris American farmer and activist (1808-1900), US (b. 1808) |
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| lewis morris Welsh Calvinistic Methodist exhorter, GB (b. 1760) |
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gouverneur morris ii American entrepreneur, US (b. 1813) |
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