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Maurice
Pronounced /məˈɹis/
Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1928 · #889
Origin
Latin
Also recorded for boys:248 in 2024 (#928)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- No girls were recorded as Maurice in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
- It peaked in 1928 with 68 babies, ranked #889.
- It first shows up in the records in 1898.
- 2,611 girls have been named Maurice since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Maurice per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0Gen Z1997–12
- 0Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 936 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Silent: 616 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 435 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 398 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 221 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Middle English Maurice, from Late Latin Mauritius, derived from Maurus (“Moor; dark, swarthy”). Popularized by a 3rd-century Roman soldier martyr.
- A male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Morris.
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- /məˈɹis/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Maurice, CC BY-SA 4.0.