71%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Greek Mythology Scripts Μορφεύς(Ancient Greek) Pronounced Pron. MOR-PEWS(Classical Greek) MAWR-fee-əs(English) [key·IPA] Meaning & History Derived from Greek μορφή (morphe) meaning "shape", referring to the shapes seen in dreams. In Greek mythology Morpheus was the god of dreams. Categories dreams, gods, Greek mythology, mascots, mythology, sleep, The Matrix characters