Given name

Móric

“Moor; dark, swarthy”

Móric is a masculine given name from Latin, meaning “Moor; dark, swarthy.” It is used in Hungarian and Slovak.

Original LatinMauritius

Meaning & origin

What it means

Móric means “Moor; dark, swarthy.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Móric comes from Latin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Hungarian usage, Móric developed from Mauritius.

Móric’s family of names

In Hungarian usage, Móric has a diminutive in Mór. In Hungarian usage, Móric developed from the Latin form Mauritius. In Hungarian usage, Móric has a conventional equivalent in the German form Moritz.

Walk Móric’s family in the name graph

MóricMořicMöricMórMauriceMaurizioMoritzMauritzMauritsMauritiusMeurigMaurycyMavricij

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Móric has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.

Latin

Latinwhere Móric comes from · 1 name

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 9

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Sibling ideas

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