Morais

Morais

Coat of arms associated with the Morais surname
Origin
Region of origin	Morais, Macedo de Cavaleiros, Bragança District, Northern Portugal
Other names
Variant form	Moraes (archaic spelling)

Morais or Moraes (the latter is an archaic spelling in Portugal, but contemporary in Brazil and Goa (India) — [mo'ɾajʃ] or [mo'ɾajs] for both variants) is a Portuguese surname.

The link between Morais/Moraes and the Spanish surname Morales is controversial.¹

Notable people with the name include:

• Morais (footballer, born 1948), José Francisco de Morais, Brazilian football centre-back
• Morais (footballer, born 1984), Manoel Morais Amorim, Brazilian football attacking midfielder

• Abrahão de Moraes (1916–1970), Brazilian astronomer and mathematician
• Adriano Moraes (bull rider) (born 1970), Brazilian rodeo performer
• Alexandre de Moraes (born 1968), Brazilian jurist
• Alinne Moraes (born 1982), Brazilian actress
• Antônio Ermírio de Moraes (1928–2014), Brazilian businessman and billionaire
• Carolina Moraes (born 1980), Brazilian synchronized swimmer
• Celso de Moraes (born 1949), Brazilian hammer thrower
• Cícero Moraes (born 1982), Brazilian 3D designer
• Claude Moraes (born 1965), British politician
• Dom Moraes (1938–2004), Indian writer and poet
• Drica Moraes (born 1969), Brazilian actress
• Ederson Moraes (born 1993), Brazilian footballer
• Francisco de Moraes (c. 1500 – 1572), Portuguese writer
• Frank Moraes (1907–1974), Indian newspaper editor
• Henrietta Moraes (1931–1999), British model and memoirist
• Isabela Moraes (born 1980), Brazilian synchronized swimmer
• Mestre Moraes (born 1950), Brazilian capoeira master
• Premnath Moraes (1923–1998), Sri Lankan Tamil actor, director, and screenwriter
• Vinicius de Moraes (1913–1980), Brazilian writer, composer, and diplomat
• Walter Moraes (1934–1997), Brazilian jurist

• Bráulio Morais (born 1990), Angolan basketball player
• Carlos Morais (basketball) (born 1985), Angolan basketball player
• Carlos Pedro Silva Morais (born 1976), Cape Verdean footballer known as "Caló"
• Clodomir Santos de Morais (1928–2016), Brazilian sociologist
• Cristiane de Morais Smith Lehner, Brazilian theoretical physicist
• Daniel Morais Reis (born 1986), Brazilian footballer
• Danny Morais (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
• Davidson Morais (born 1981), Brazilian footballer
• Diego Morais Pacheco (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
• Edgar Morais (born 1989), Portuguese actor, writer and director
• Ellinton Antonio Costa Morais (born 1990), Brazilian footballer
• Felipe Morais (born 2008), Brazilian footballer
• Fernando Morais (born 1946), Brazilian writer and politician
• Filipe Morais (born 1985), Portuguese footballer
• Frederico Morais (born 1992), Portuguese surfer
• Hugo Morais (born 1978), Portuguese footballer
• Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais (born 1967), Swiss-Angolan entrepreneur
• João Baptista Mascarenhas de Morais (1883–1968), Brazilian Army officer
• João Morais (1935–2010), Portuguese footballer
• John Victor Morais (1910–1991), Malaysian writer and journalist
• José Morais (born 1965), Portuguese football coach
• Júnior Morais (born 1986), Brazilian-Romanian footballer
• Kevin Anthony Morais (1960–2015), Malaysian Deputy Public Prosecutor
• Luís Filipe Montenegro Cardoso de Morais Esteves, Portuguese politician
• Manoel Morais Amorim (born 1984), Brazilian footballer
• Marcos Evangelista de Morais (born 1970), Brazilian footballer known as "Cafu"
• Nélson Morais (born 1974), Portuguese footballer
• Nuno Morais (born 1984), Portuguese footballer
• Nuno Morais (athlete) (1923–1986), Portuguese sprinter
• Olinda Morais (born 1951), East Timorese politician
• Patrícia Morais (born 1992), Portuguese footballer
• Paulo de Morais (born 1963), Portuguese professor and politician
• Prudente de Morais (1841–1902), Brazilian president
• Ricardo Morais (born 1967), Brazilian mixed martial artist
• Richard C. Morais (born 1960), Canadian-American writer
• Sabato Morais (1823–1897), Italian-American rabbi
• Sanjeeva Morais, Sri Lankan judge of the Court of Appeal
• Stephan Morais (born 1973), English and Portuguese businessman
• Trevor Morais (born 1944), English drummer
• Ulisses Morais (born 1959), Portuguese footballer
• Umeshka Morais (born 1995), Sri Lankan cricketer
• Valdiram Caetano de Morais (1982–2019), Brazilian footballer
• Welington Morais (born 1996), Brazilian track and field athlete
• Wilder Morais (born 1968), Brazilian politician
• William Morais (1991–2011), Brazilian footballer

• Morais Abreu (born 1968), Angolan beach volleyball player
• Morais Guy, Jamaican politician