Morelos Family History
Morelos Name Meaning
Hispanic:: (mainly Mexico Colombia and the Philippines): probably an altered form of Galician Mourelos itself a habitational name from any of several places called Mourelos in Galicia Spain (named with a derivative of pre-Latin mor ‘stone’) or the plural form of Mourelo which is probably a nickname from a diminutive of mouro ‘Moor’. (Mexico): habitational name from Morelos the name of a state in Mexico named in honor of José María Morelos y Pavón (1765–1815) one of the leaders of the Mexican War of Independence movement.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022