Given name
Morty
“of the still water; of the dead sea”·“from the town near the moor”
In English use, Morty is a diminutive of Morton. One English interpretation is “from the town near the moor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In French use, Morty carries the interpretation “of the still water; of the dead sea.” In English use, Morty is a diminutive of Morton. One English interpretation is “from the town near the moor.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
How it developed
Morty is used as a form of Mortimer.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1924. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Morty is a diminutive of Morton. The history of Morton gives this family its wider story. Morton’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Morty through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 87
- 87 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1932
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1971. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 169 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Morty’s family of names
In English usage, Morty is a diminutive of Morton. Morty is a form of Mortimer. In English usage, Morty is a diminutive of Mortimer.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Mortvariant
- Mortonfull form · English
- Mortimerfull form · English
- Mortevariant
- Morteavariant
- Morteevariant
- Mortievariant
- Mortivariant
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Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Morty
Characters named Morty: Morty Smith (titular fictive character of Rick and Morty).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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