Maurice name - Meaning of Maurice
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- Gender
- Masculine
- Lucky Number
- 7
- Usage
- English, French, Latin
- Pronounced
- MAWR-is (English) , mə-REES (English) , mo-REES (French)
- Maurice Meaning
- From the Roman name Mauritius, a derivative of Maurus. Saint Maurice was a 3rd-century Roman soldier from Egypt. He and the other Christians in his legion were supposedly massacred on the orders of emperor Maximian for refusing to worship Roman gods. Thus, he is the patron saint of infantry soldiers. This name was borne by a 6th-century Byzantine emperor. Another notable bearer was Maurice of Nassau (called Maurits in Dutch), a 17th-century prince of Orange who helped establish the Dutch Republic. The name has been used in England since the Norman conquest, usually in the spelling Morris or Moris. Maurice is an English and French name, derived from the Latin name "Mauritius", itself derived from the word "maurus", which means "swarthy or dark skinned" and was the Roman word for a "moor".
Maurice Related Names
Variant: Morris (English)
Diminutives: Mo, Moe (English)
Other Languages: Maurits (Dutch), Mauri (Finnish), Moritz (German), Móric (Hungarian), Muiris (Irish), Maurizio (Italian), Mauritius (Late Roman), Maurycy (Polish), Maurício (Portuguese), Mauricio (Spanish), Meurig, Meuric (Welsh)
Maurice Celebrities
Maurice Gibb - musician, Maurice Richard - hockey player, Maurice Stokes - basketball player, Maurice Benard - actor, Maurice Clarett - football player, Maurice Jarre - composer, Maurice Jones-Drew - American football player,
