Boy name origins & meanings Latin : Dark-skinned; like a MoorItalian : Dark-skinned; a Moor Boy name variations Maurice Morris Morse Morry Morey Morrie Moritz Moriz Morets Meuriz Moss Morrell Mauricio Maurizio Murray Maryse Morrison Maure Amaury Mauro Family name origins & meanings French : from a short form of the personal name Amaury (see Emery).Southern French (Occitan) : habitational name from Maury, in Basses Pyrénées.English : probably a variant of Morey 2.