Maurice

Where Maurice comes from

From Middle English Maurice, from Late Latin Mauritius, derived from Maurus (“Moor; dark, swarthy”). Popularized by a 3rd-century Roman soldier martyr.
— Wiktionary's entry for Maurice
  • Latin
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1862
    Maurice Maeterlinck born
    Belgian playwright and essayist
  2. 1875
    Maurice Ravel born
    French composer
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #145 among boys — 93 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1914
    Peak, #94
    1,256 babies named Maurice — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2010
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #448.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Morris.
Namesakes
  • Maurice Maeterlinck · Belgian playwright and essayist, 1862–1949
  • Maurice Ravel · French composer, 1875–1937
  • Maurice Wilkins · New Zealand-born English physicist and biologist, 1916–2004
  • Maurice Allais · French economist, 1911–2010
  • Maurice Chevalier · French singer, actor, and entertainer, 1888–1972

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.