Mortimer

English

"dead sea"

Mortimer Origin and Meaning

The name Mortimer is a boy's name of English origin meaning "dead sea".

Other kids might see a teasible connection to mortician or mortuary. Mortimer is an English family name used a few generations ago as an Anglicization of Moses; it was Walt Disney's original choice for the name of his mouse, until his wife talked him out of it.

Mortimer Rank in US Top 1000

# 896 in the US

Mortimer Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1266 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Mortimer

• 1266 Nameberry 2025

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Famous People Named Mortimer

• Mortimer Benjamin "Mort" Zuckerman Canadian,American media mogul
• Mortimer Robinson Proctor American politician; 66th governor of Vermont
• Moses Mortimer Barrett III aka Petey Pablo American rapper
• Mortimer Jerome Adler American philosopher, educator and author
• Mortimer Menpes English artist
• (Robert Eric) Mortimer Wheeler British archaeologist
• Mortimer St George "Kumi" Planno Jamaican drummer and Rastafarian leader

The name Mortimer in Pop Culture

• Mortimer Goth character in "The Sims" (1 , 4) video/computer games
• Cousin Mortimer character on British TV series "Basil Brush"
• Mortimer Mouse the original name of the iconic Disney character, Mickey Mouse
• Mortimer Brewster character in Joseph Kesselring's "Arsenic and Old Lace"
• Mortimer Lightwood barrister in Charles Dickens' "Our Mutual Friend"
• Mortimer Delvile character in Fanny Burney's "Cecilia; or, Memoirs of an Heiress" (1782)
• Mortimer "Mort " Death's apprentice in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series
• Mortimer character in book of same name by Robert Munsch
• Doctor Mortimer character in 2011 movie "Hysteria"
• Abbot Mortimer mouse character in "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
• Mortimer Harren character in an episode of TV's "Star Trek: Voyager"
• Mortimer "Morty" Smith Sr. and Mortimer "Morty" Smith Jr. characters in "Rick and Morty"
• Mortimer Toynbee character in Marvel Universe
• Mortimer Scharff driver of Shadow in the Twisted Metal video games
• Mortimer McMire villain in the Commander Keen video games
• Mortimer Ramsey character in the video game Dishonored 2