Maurice (name)
male given name
Maurice is a traditionally masculine given name, also used as a surname. It originates as a French name derived from the Latin Mauritius or Mauricius and was subsequently used in other languages. Its popularity is due to Mauritius, a saint of the Theban Legion (died 287). Mauritius is otherwise attested as a given name of the Roman Empire period, in origin meaning "one from Mauretania", i.e. "the Moor".
Forms in other languages include: Latvian Māris, Spanish Mauricio, Portuguese Maurício, Italian Maurizio, Dutch Maurits, Greek Μαυρίκιος (Mavrikios), Russian Маврикий (Mavrikiy), German Moritz, Czech Mořic, English Morris. In the form Morris, it is also used as a secularized version of the Jewish name Moishe.
Given name
Late Antiquity to Middle Ages
Saint Maurice also Moritz, Morris, or Mauritius (died 287), Roman-Egyptian legionnaire and Christian martyr
Maurice (emperor) or Flavius Mauricius novus Tiberius Augustus (539–602), Byzantine emperor
Maurice (bishop of London) (died 1107), bishop of London, Lord Chancellor and Lord Keeper of England
Maurice of Carnoet (1117–1191), French abbot and saint
Maurice, Count of Oldenburg (fl. 1169–1211), count of Oldenburg
Mauritius (Dean of Armagh) (fl. 13th century), Irish cleric, Dean of Armagh 1238
Maurice of Inchaffray (14th century), Scottish bishop
Maurice Spata (14th to early 15th century), Albanian ruler of Arta from 1399 to 1414/15
Early Modern
Maurice, Elector of Saxony (1521–1553), German Saxon nobleman
Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1551–1612), duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel or Maurice the Learned (1572–1632), Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (1567–1625), stadtholder of the Netherlands
Maurice of Savoy (1593–1657), prince of Savoy and a cardinal
Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz (1619–1681), duke of Saxe-Zeitz
Maurice of the Palatinate (1620–1652), Count Palatine of the Rhine
William Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1649–1691), prince of Nassau-Siegen
Modern
Maurice of Battenberg (1891–1914), prince of the Battenberg family and member of the British Royal Family
Maurice of the Netherlands (1843–1850), prince of Orange-Nassau
Maurice Anderson (born 1975), American football player
Maurice Bailey (died 2018), formerly missing person lost at sea
Maurice Baker (born 1979), American basketball player and coach
Maurice Banks (born 1983), American football coach
Maurice De Bevere (1923–2001), Belgian cartoonist
Maurice Binder (1918–1991), American film title designer
Maurice Blanchot (1907–2003), French writer, philosopher, and literary theorist
Maurice Bowra (1898–1971), English classical scholar and academic
Maurice de Bus (1907–1963), French sculptor
Maurice Riemer Calhoun, Sr., known as Riemer Calhoun (1909–1994), American politician
Maurice Chevalier, (1888–1972), French actor, singer and entertainer
Maurice Cole (disambiguation), several people
Maurice Cowling (1926–2005), British historian
Maurice Cox (born 1972), American basketball player
Maurice Crum (disambiguation), multiple people
Maurice Deligne (1861–1939), French politician
Maurice Denuzière (1926–2025), French journalist and writer
Maurice Duplessis (1890–1959), 16th Premier of Quebec, Canada
Maurice Duval (1869–1958), French general and aviator
Maurice Evans (disambiguation), multiple people
Maurice Fadel (1928–2009), Lebanese businessman and politician
Maurice Failevic (1933–2016), French film director
Maurice Ffrench (born 1998), American football player
Maurice Elwood Frump, known as Babe Frump (1901–1979), American football player
Maurice Gambier d'Hurigny (1912–2000), French sculptor
Maurice Gamelin (1872–1958), French general remembered for his unsuccessful command of the French military in 1940 during the Battle of France
Maurice Garin (1871–1957), French road bicycle racer
Maurice Gibb (1949–2003), British singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer
Maurice Godelier (born 1934), French anthropologist
Maurice Grau (1849–1907), Austrian-born American impresario
Maurice Greene (athlete), American sprinter
Maurice Grevisse (1895–1980), Belgian grammarian
Maurice A. Hartnett III (1927–2009), American jurist who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Delaware
Maurice Heaton (1900–1990), Swiss-born American glass artist
Maurice Healy (campaigner) (1933–2020), British consumer campaigner
Maurice Howard, British art historian
Maurice Hurst Jr.
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