It is also frequently used in Brittany, where it is traditionally a male name. The male and female names may not be the same name in origin. The male name is a descendant of Old Welsh Morcant, possibly derived from mor (meaning "sea") and cant (meaning "circle"), with the meaning "sea chief" or "sea defender".
Moriah is a place name derived from the Bible; it's the mountain where Abraham offered his son Isaac as a sacrifice to God (Genesis 22:2). ... We do know the name comes from the Hebrew “Mōrīyyāh and possibly means “seen by Yahweh” in reference to the nail-biting near-sacrifice of Isaac upon the mountain.
Origin of the name Morris: Variant of Maurice, a borrowing from the French which is derived from the Late Latin Mauritius (Moorish), a derivative of Maurus (a Moor). The Moors were a Muslim people of mixed Arab and Berber descent; thus the name came to mean "dark" or "swarthy" in reference to their coloring.
Moses or Moshe is a male given name, after the biblical figure Moses. According to the Torah, the name "Moses" comes from the Hebrew verb, meaning "to pull out/draw out" [of water], and the infant Moses was given this name by Pharaoh's daughter after rescuing him from the Nile (Exodus 2:10).
Moses or Moshe is a male given name, after the biblical figure Moses. According to the Torah, the name "Moses" comes from the Hebrew verb, meaning "to pull out/draw out" [of water], and the infant Moses was given this name by Pharaoh's daughter after rescuing him from the Nile (Exodus 2:10).
From a Welsh place name which means "moss town" in Old English.
Motswane is a baby unisex name its meaning is . Mostly popular in christian religion. The poeple have viewed this name 1500 times.
Origin and Meaning of Mpho. "Mpho" is a name of African origin, and it means "Gift".
From Chinese 慕 (mù) meaning "admire, desire", 木 (mù) meaning "tree, wood", or other characters with similar pronunciations.
Meaning & History. Possibly means "the one who milks the cows" in Kikuyu.
