Name: Maurice
Gender: Male
Usage: Maurice, of latin origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Maurice are in general originating from Belgium, France, Ireland, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Senegal, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Maurice across the world, see Mauritius.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Maurice is: Moor.
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The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 7. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: spiritual, intelligent, analytical, reserved, knowledgeable, mysterious, intuitive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Philosophical, Spiritual
Ruling planet: Neptune
Colors: Green
Gemstones: Moonstone
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The name Maurice is ranked on the 312th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 2003200 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.028% of the population. The name Maurice has seven characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Maurice for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Maurice is 22 September.
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History and Origin
Maurice is a traditionally masculine given name. It originates as a French name derived from the Latin Mauritius or Mauricius and was subsequently used in other languages. Its popularity is due to Mauritius, a saint of the Theban Legion (d. 287). Mauritius is otherwise attested as a given name of the Roman Empire period, in origin meaning "one from Mauritania", i.e. "the Moor".
Forms in other languages include: Spanish Mauricio, Italian Maurizio, Dutch Maurits, Greek Μαυρίκιος (Mavrikios), Russian Маврикий (Mavrikiy), German Moritz, English Morris.
1 English and French: from the Late Latin name Mauricius, a derivative of Maurus (see Mauro), borne by, among others, an early Byzantine emperor (c.539–602). It was introduced to Britain by the Normans, and was popular in the Middle English period, but was not widely adopted by the nobility, and became rare in the 17th century. In Germany it became established as a traditional name among the dukes of Saxony in the 16th century. It is now sometimes believed in Britain and America to be a mainly French name, perhaps because of the enormous popular influence of the French singer and film actor Maurice Chevalier (1888–1972), who, in his public image at least, was the very epitome of Gallic charm. See also Morris.
2 Irish: Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Muirgheos, which is composed of the elements muir sea + gus choice.
Cognates (of 1): Irish Gaelic: Muiris. Welsh: Meurig. Italian: Maurizio. Spanish, Portuguese: Mauricio. German and Jewish: Moritz. Scandinavian: Maurits. Russian: Mavriki.
Short form: English: Mo.
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