Morrison (surname)
Morrison is a surname. In some cases it is derived from a patronymic form of the personal name Morris.[1] This personal name is a variant of Maurice, and was quite popular in the Middle Ages.[2] The surname is common throughout Ireland, but mainly in east Ulster. In the Irish language, Morrison is spelt Mac Muiris; Muiris is the usual Irish language form of Maurice.[3]
There are several notable persons each with the names:
- Alastair Morrison
- Alexander Morrison
- Bruce Morrison
- Charles Morrison (disambiguation)
- Daniel Morrison (disambiguation)
- David Morrison (disambiguation)
- George Morrison (disambiguation)
- Henry Morrison
- Hugh Morrison (disambiguation)
- James Morrison
- John Morrison (disambiguation)
- Joseph Morrison
- Mark Morrison (disambiguation)
- Michael Morrison
- Patricia Morrison (disambiguation)
- Paul Morrison
- Phil Morrison
- Richard Morrison
- Robert Morrison (disambiguation)
- Scott Morrison
- Sean Morrison
- Steve Morrison (disambiguation)
- Terry Morrison
- Tom Morrison (disambiguation)
- William Morrison
Other individuals with the surname Morrison include:
- Adam Morrison (born 1984), American basketball player
- Alan Morrison (born 1974), British poet
- Father Andrew Morrison (1919-2004),Priest & Freedom of Press champion
- Arthur Morrison (1863-1945), English author and journalist
- Blake Morrison (born 1950), British poet and author
- Father Brian Morrison (1933-2009) Charity worker, Priest
- Brendan Morrison (born 1975), Canadian hockey player
- Bret Morrison (1912-1978), American actor
- Brooke Morrison (born 1979), Australian field hockey player
- Cameron Morrison (1869-1953), American politician
- Clinton Morrison (born 1979), Irish footballer
- Craig Morrison (born 1975), British video game designer
- DeLesseps Story "Chep" Morrison, Sr., (1912-1964), Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana 1946-1961
- DeLesseps Story "Toni" Morrison, Jr., ]], (1944-1996), Louisiana politician and son of DeLesseps Story "Chep" Morrison
- Dorilus Morrison (1814-1898), American politician
- Francis Moryson (bef. 1628-c.1681), Virginia colonial politician
- Frank Morrison (1905-2004), American politician
- Fynes Moryson (1566-1630), English traveller and writer
- Grant Morrison (born 1960), Scottish comic book writer and artist
- Greg Morrison (born 1965), Canadian writer and composer
- Herbert Morrison (1888-1965), British politician
- Howard Morrison (1935-2009), New Zealand singer
- Ian Morrison (1913-1950), Australian journalist
- [[Rev. James Morrison (1861-1950),Canadian Catholic Archbishop
- Jennifer Morrison (born 1979), American actress
- Julián Morrison (born 1951), Cuban discus thrower
- Keith Morrison (born 1944), Canadian journalist
- Kenny Morrison (born 1974), American actor
- Kirk Morrison (born 1982), American football linebacker
- Kirk Morrison (poker player) (fl. since 1994), American poker player
- Marion Morrison (1907-1979), birth name of John Wayne, American actor
- Matthew Morrison (born 1978), American actor
- Norman Morrison (1933-1965), American Vietnam War protester
- Piercy Morrison (1868-1936), English rugby union player
- Ronald Hugh Morrieson (1922-1972), New Zealand writer
- Samuel Eliot Morison (1887-1976), American historian
- Shelley Morrison (born 1936), American actress
- Sterling Morrison (1942-1995), American musician
- Temuera Morrison (born 1960), New Zealand actor
- Toni Morrison (born 1931), American author, Nobel Prize winner
- Van Morrison (born 1945), Northern Irish singer/songwriter
- Walter Frederick Morrison (born 1920), American inventor of the Frisbee
See also
- Morison (surname)
- Baron Morrison, a title in the United Kingdom Peerage
- Morrison-Bell Baronets, a Baronetage of the United Kingdom
- Clan Morrison, a Scottish Highland clan
References
- ^ Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
- ^ A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192800507
- ^ "Surname Search". www.irishtimes.com. Retrieved 10 November 2009. Note: the webpage cited MacLysaght, Edward, Irish Families, Dublin, 1980.
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