Maurice
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English Maurice, from Late Latin Mauritius, derived from Maurus (“Moor; dark, swarthy”). Popularized by a 3rd-century Roman soldier martyr.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /məˈɹis/, /mɔˈɹis/
Audio (GA) (file) - (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /məˈɹiːs/, /ˈmɒɹɪs/
- Rhymes: -iːs, (Received Pronunciation) -ɒɹɪs
Proper noun edit
Maurice
- A male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Morris.
- 1951, Graham Greene, The End of the Affair, Viking Press, page 5:
- 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.
- A surname originating as a patronymic, equivalent to English Morris.
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Translations edit
male given name
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Proper noun edit
Maurice f
- Mauritius (A country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar)
- Mauritius (The main island of the country of Mauritius)
- a male given name, Maurice, equivalent to English Morris
Descendants edit
Middle English edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin Mauritius, derived from Maurus (“Moor; dark, swarthy”). Popularized by a 3rd-century Roman soldier martyr.
Proper noun edit
Maurice
- a male given name
Descendants edit
References edit
- “Maurice”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.