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Maurice
Pronounced /məˈɹis/
Rank in 2024
#928
Born in 2024
248
Peak year
1921 · #101
Origin
Latin
Also recorded for girls:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 248 boys were named Maurice, about 1 in every 6,917.
- It peaked in 1921 with 1,743 babies, ranked #101.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 136,109 boys 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.
- 1.6Greatest1901–27
- 1.0Silent1928–45
- 0.6Boomers1946–64
- 0.9Gen X1965–80
- 0.7Millennials1981–96
- 0.4Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 26,507 babies, 1.59 per 1,000. Silent: 21,632 babies, 1.05 per 1,000. Boomers: 24,173 babies, 0.64 per 1,000. Gen X: 24,197 babies, 0.89 per 1,000. Millennials: 21,712 babies, 0.71 per 1,000. Gen Z: 11,280 babies, 0.36 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 4,184 babies, 0.19 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.