Morfitt Family History
Morfitt Name Meaning
English: variant of Moorfoot which is either a nickname from Middle English more ‘larger greater’ + fote ‘foot’ possibly with reference to a club foot or alternatively a variant of Murthwaite a habitational name from any of the places called Moorthwaite in Cumberland and Westmorland which derive from Old Norse mór ‘moor’ + thveit ‘clearing meadow paddock’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022