Maurine
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning dark-skinned; a feminine form of maurice.
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no recent records
Rarity
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Maurine by the numbers
Its American peak was 313 babies in 1917, making it a 1910s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Maurine. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mauriedark-skinned; a form of Maurice5 in the US (2017)
- Marieof the sea; beloved; form of Mary453 in the US (2017)
- Marinaof the sea68 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maxinegreatest; feminine form of Maximus309 in the US (2017)
- Mairinof the sea; a form of Maureen18 in the US (2017)
- Mauriof moorish or mauritian tradition; dark-skinned14 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Maurine
Names that are said the same way as Maurine, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean darkness
Like Maurine, each of these has darkness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Melaniedark, black3,232 in the US (2017)
- Leilanight, dark beauty1,400 in the US (2017)
- Delaneydark challenger; descendant of Dubhshláine1,270 in the US (2017)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
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