Maurice
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning dark-skinned; moorish.
How Maurice has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #617 |
| 2016 | #651 |
| 2017 | #652 |
| 2018 | #670 |
| 2019 | #732 |
| 2020 | #849 |
| 2021 | #832 |
| 2023 | #973 |
| 2024 | #930 |
Maurice by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Maurice. In the US, 394 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 1,743 babies in 1921, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
Names that come from Maurice
Forms of Maurice in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Morrisdark-skinned; moorish; a form of Maurice104 in the US (2017)
- Mauriziodark-skinned; italian form of Maurice10 in the US (2017)
- Maurielleof the moor; feminine elaboration of Maurice9 in the US (2017)
- Maurissaof the moors; a form of Maureen or Maurice6 in the US (2017)
- Mauryof the moors; a form of Maurice or Maureen6 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Maurice. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mauriedark-skinned; a form of Maurice5 in the US (2017)
- Mauriciodark-skinned; moorish; spanish form of maurice482 in the US (2017)
- Mavrickindependent, unbranded; a respelling of Maverick98 in the US (2017)
- Mauriof moorish or mauritian tradition; dark-skinned14 in the US (2017)
- Marrickfamous ruler; a form of Merrick5 in the US (2017)
- Mavric10 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean darkness
Like Maurice, each of these has darkness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Adrianfrom Hadria; dark one6,317 in the US (2017)
- Coltondark settlement; coal town5,261 in the US (2017)
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Coledark, swarthy; charcoal3,458 in the US (2017)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
- Donovandark brown warrior; surname used as given name1,056 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Maurice
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