Death or related to death
The name was famously coined by cartoonist Charles Addams for the matriarch of The Addams Family. It is derived from the Latin root 'mors' meaning death, likely intended to sound like a feminine version of the word 'mortician'.
Less common today
Morticia isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #6,403 in 2020.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
The elegant and macabre matriarch of the Addams family · The Addams Family
