Given name & surname

Morus

Morus is a surname from Archaic Latin, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Welsh and Latin.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Morus comes from Archaic Latin, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Welsh usage, Morus developed from Mauritius.

Morus’s family of names

In Welsh usage, Morus developed from the Latin form Mauritius. In Welsh usage, Morus was borrowed from the English form Maurice. In Welsh usage, Morus has a related form in MORYS.

Walk Morus’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Morus has relatives in 4 languages.

4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 4

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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