Given name & surname
Morey
“a dark-skinned man; Moorish”
Morey is a variant of Morris. In Latin use, Morris carries the interpretation “a dark-skinned man; Moorish.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Morey is a variant of Morris. In Latin use, Morris carries the interpretation “a dark-skinned man; Moorish.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Morey is a variant of Morris. The history of Morris gives this family its wider story. Morris was in use during the Middle Ages.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Morey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 483
- 483 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1957
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1993. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 1957. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 405 as a first name in 2020; 10,115 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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