Maurice

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 Mauritania", 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 legionnaire and Christian martyr Maurice (emperor) or Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Augustus (539–602), Byzantine emperor Maurice (bishop) (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