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Maurice en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmɒɹɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /mɔˈɹis/ (General-American)
  • (General-American) audio
  • /məˈɹis/ (General-American)
  • /məˈɹiːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English Maurice, from Late Latin Mauritius, derived from Maurus (“Moor; dark, swarthy”). Popularized by a 3rd-century Roman soldier martyr.

Meanings

  1. A male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Morris.
    • For some reason I am a man known by his surname; I might never have been christened for all the use my friends make of the rather affected Maurice my literary parents gave me. 1951, Graham Greene, The End of the Affair, Viking Press, page 5:
  2. A surname originating as a patronymic, equivalent to English Morris.

Deriveds

Moe · Fitzmaurice · Saint-Maurice · Maurice River · Tyrese · Plympton St Maurice

Relateds

Morris

Translations (28)

da Mourits (male given name) · sv Mauritz (male given name) · wa Meurice (male given name) · de Moritz (male given name) · ca Maurici (male given name) · eo Maŭrico (male given name) · nl Maurits (male given name) · el Μαυρίκιος (male given name) · cop ⲙⲱⲣⲓⲥ (male given name) · ga Muiris (male given name) · ru Маври́кий (male given name) · lv Māris (male given name) · es Mauricio (male given name) · cs Mořic (male given name) · hu Mór (male given name) · cs Moric (male given name) · hu Móric (male given name) · pl Maurycy (male given name) · cy Morus (male given name) · oc Maurise (male given name) · cmn 莫里斯 (male given name) · egl Mavrési (male given name) · it Maurizio (male given name) · fr Maurice (male given name) · yol Mureesh (male given name) · oc Maurici (male given name) · fi Mauri (male given name) · pt Maurício (male given name)