Given name
Morisa
“a dark-skinned beauty”·“a dark-skinned man; Moorish”
Morisa is a feminine form of Maurice. One Latin interpretation is “a dark-skinned man; Moorish.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Spanish use, Morisa carries the interpretation “a dark-skinned beauty.” Morisa is a feminine form of Maurice. One Latin interpretation is “a dark-skinned man; Moorish.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
How it developed
Morisa is used as a feminine counterpart of Maurice.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Morisa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 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 girls is 5 in 1992. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Morisa’s family of names
Morisa is a feminine form of Maurice. Morisa has a related form in Morrisa. Morisa has a related form in Morissa.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
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.
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