Given name & surname
Morice
“a dark-skinned man; Moorish”·“God is my teacher; of the hill country”
Morice is a variant of Morris. In Latin use, Morris carries the interpretation “a dark-skinned man; Moorish.” Morice is a variant of Moriah. One Hebrew interpretation is “God is my teacher; of the hill country.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Morice is a variant of Morris. In Latin use, Morris carries the interpretation “a dark-skinned man; Moorish.” Morice is a variant of Moriah. One Hebrew interpretation is “God is my teacher; of the hill country.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Morice is a variant of Moriah. An origin associated with Moriah is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Morice 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
Morice through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 30
- 30 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 5 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 5 in 1993. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 139 as a first name in 2020; 473 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.
Morice’s family of names
In English usage, Morice has a related form in Morris. Morice has a related form in Moriah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Morice
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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