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Morris

Morris is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

MaleHigh

Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.

Verdict
Male
Confidence
High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in
United States, Great Britain, East Frisia
US records 1880–2017
70,233 male / 484 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built
2026-09-11

How to address Morris

If you do not know Morris’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Morris,” in English, “Guten Tag Morris,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Morris,

German

Guten Tag Morris,

French

Bonjour Morris,

Spanish

Estimado/a Morris:

Chinese

Morris您好：

Japanese

Morris様

English

Hi Morris,

German

Hi Morris,

French

Salut Morris,

Spanish

Hola Morris,

Chinese

Morris你好：

Japanese

Morrisさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Classification of Morris by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
CountryHow commonUsually
United Statesvery commonman's name
Great Britainrareman's name
East Frisiarareman's name

United States birth data

70,233 male · 484 female · 70,717 births recorded

Male ≈ 99.3%Female ≈ 0.7%

Records from 1980–2017: 99.5% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Morris a male or female name?

Morris is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

How do I address Morris in an email?

If you do not know Morris’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Morris,” in English, “Guten Tag Morris,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Is Morris a unisex name?

Morris is classified as generally male in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.

Related names

MariaFemaleAnnaFemaleMarieFemalePeterMaleJeanDepends on the countryAlexanderMaleDavidMaleJoseMale

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Morris a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/morris. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_morris,
  title  = {Is Morris a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/morris},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}