Boy name origins & meanings Latin : Dark-skinned; like a MoorItalian : Dark Boy name variations Maurice Morris Morse Maury Morry Morey Morrie Moriz Morets Meuriz Moss Morrell Mauricio Maurizio Murray Maryse Morrison Marits Maritza Moritza Moritzio Family name origins & meanings German, Dutch, Danish and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from the personal name Moritz, a variant of Mauritz (see Morris). Among Jews it was sometimes assumed as a surname by bearers of the personal name Moses, as the two names have some phonetic similarity.
