Group info: | Meaning/translation: | the one from Mauritania, the Moor |
Language of origin: | Latin |
Info about origin, male: | originally a Roman cognomen Mauricius with the meaning the one from Mauritania or the Moor |
| known from Saint Maurice, a Christian Roman soldier from Egypt (4th century AD) |
Words: | maurus = dark skinned Latin |
Topics: | Geographic name, Roman nickname |
Variants' top ranks: | 4:Moritz Zurich 2016, 13:Mauro Puerto Rico 2023, 23:Morris Netherlands 2022, 31:Maurice Belgium 2023, 36:Mauricio Mexico 2009, 181:Maurin Switzerland/German 2016, 332:Maurus Switzerland 1997, 419:Maurine France 2002, 428:Maurizio Switzerland 1997, 546:Maurane Switzerland 1997 |
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Name variants: All variants, grouped by language of use | Language | Female Variants | Male Variants |
German | Maura | Mauritius, Mauritz, Maurus, Moritz, Moriz |
Spanish | | Mauricio |
Portuguese | | Mauricio |
Dutch | | Mauritius |
Italian | Maura | Maurilio, Maurin, Maurizio, Mauro |
French | Maurane, Maurine | Maurice |
English | | Maurice, Morice, Morris |
Latin | | Mauricius |
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Name variants: 3 female and 14 male name variants, sorted by name and gender | |
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