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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).
Morris is of Anglo-Norman origin and is a relationship name derived from the Middle English and Old French personal name Moreis, or Maurice (from the Latin Mauritius 'Moorish, dark, swarthy'; from Maurus 'a Moor'). [2] [3] It was the name of the 3rd century Christian martyr Saint Maurice.
Mauricio is a Spanish and Portuguese masculine given name, equivalent to English Maurice and derived from the Roman Mauritius. It is of Latin origin, and its meaning is "dark-skinned, Moorish". [1] The following are the equivalents in other languages: Maurice, English; Morris, English; Mauricio, Spanish; Maurício, Portuguese; Maurice, French ...
Maurice, a 1913 novel by E. M. Forster and published in 1971 Maurice, a British film based on the novel; Maurice, a children's story by Mary Shelley; Maurice, a character from the Madagascar franchise; Maurices, an American retail clothing chain; Maurice or Maryse, a type of cooking spatula
From that time, only the name Mauritius has remained. On 2 October, the ships again took to the sea towards Bantam. From then on, the island's Port de Warwick was used by Dutch ships as a stopover after long months at sea. In 1606, two expeditions came for the first time to what would later become Port-Louis in the
Maurizio is an Italian masculine given name, derived from the Roman name Mauritius. Mauritius is a derivative of Maurus , meaning dark-skinned, Moorish . List of people with the given name Maurizio
Muirgheas (Post reform spelling: Muiríos) is a masculine given name in the Irish language. The name is composed of two elements: the first, muir, means "sea"; the second element, gus, means "choice". The name has been Anglicised to the etymologically unrelated Maurice. A contracted form of the name is Muiris (which is also a form of Maurice in ...
the Mauritshuis, a museum in The Hague, which was built by John Maurice of Nassau; Staatsmijn Maurits, a state-owned coal mine in Geleen, Netherlands; Mauritsstad, capital of Dutch Brazil and is now a part of Recife