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Morris
Morris Morris carries the Roman-African geography of Mauritius in its bones — a name that began as an ethnic descriptor, became a saint's name, and arrived in England via Norman French as a common patrician surname that crossed into the given-name pool. Its sound is solid and no-nonsense, suggesting a character with practical intelligence and an absence of affectation, someone who is exactly what they appear to be and relies on directness as a social strategy.
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