# Morten

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #43,794

## Definitions
1. A male given name from Danish or Norwegian.
2. A surname.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Danish and Norwegian Morten.

## Easily confused with
- **mote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morten-vs-mote)
- **motel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morten-vs-motel)
- **Morty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morten-vs-morty)
- **Morton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morten-vs-morton)
- **more** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/more-vs-morten)
- **mort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mort-vs-morten)
- **morn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morn-vs-morten)
- **moron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moron-vs-morten)
- **monte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monte-vs-morten)
- **Morse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morse-vs-morten)
- **Moran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moran-vs-morten)
- **mores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mores-vs-morten)
- **Morin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morin-vs-morten)
- **morel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morel-vs-morten)
- **martin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/martin-vs-morten)
- **morgan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morgan-vs-morten)
- **mortal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mortal-vs-morten)
- **mortar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mortar-vs-morten)
- **Mormon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mormon-vs-morten)
- **Moreno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moreno-vs-morten)

## Common misspellings (9)
`mmorten`, `moretn`, `morrten`, `mortenn`, `mortne`, `mortten`, `motren`, `mroten`, `omrten`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/morten