Where does the name morlot come from?

Question

i haven't spelt it wrong btw

does it have a meaning?

Answer 1

This name is undoubtedly French.  There are several hundred births recorded in Marne, France, from the 17th century on.

Early arrivals (3 in 1850)  were from France.

Could not find a meaning in ancestry.com

Answer 2

The Surname sites throw up their hands also.

From Nova Scotia:

MORELOT, Morlot, Mourlot: Morelot is the diminutive of Morel, very frequently found in our ancient lists of names. Morlots from Fontenoy-le-Château were at Chagey about 1586; Nicolas and Joseph Morlot founded a forge there. From this family came the Morlet surgeons and physicians at Montbéliard from the 16th and 17th centuries. We had indigenous Morlots earlier than that. From 1489 they were at Vieux-Charmont; then we find them at Audincourt, Bart, Bethoncourt, Nommay, etc. Numerous Morlot and Mourlot belonged to guilds in Montbéliard; the Pays counted several pastors of the name in the 17th century: Léopold-Georges, Jacques-Christophe and Hugues Morlot.