Given name & surname
Mauricio
“a dark-skinned man; Moorish”
Mauricio is a variant of Maurice. One Latin interpretation is “a dark-skinned man; Moorish.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mauricio is a variant of Maurice. One Latin interpretation is “a dark-skinned man; Moorish.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Mauricio is a variant of Maurice. An origin associated with Maurice is Late Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1885. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mauricio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 24,231
- 24,225 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 829 babies
- 2025
- 413
- #664 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −12%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 413 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 664 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 11.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 829 in 2008. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (137). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 40,524 as a first name in 2020; 5,169 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mauricio’s family of names
Mauricio shares a linguistic root with Maurice. In Spanish usage, Mauricio has a conventional equivalent in the Breton form Moris. Mauricio has a related form in Maurice.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Mauricio has relatives in 7 languages.
6 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mauricio
- Mauricio Macripresident of Argentina from 2015 to 2019born 1959
- Mauricio PochettinoArgentine association football player and coachborn 1972
- Mauricio FunesPresident of El Salvador from 2009 to 20141959–2025
- Mauricio IslaChilean association football playerborn 1988
- Mauricio PellegrinoArgentine association football managerborn 1971
- Mauricio PinillaChilean footballer (born 1984)
- Mauricio VictorinoUruguayan footballerborn 1982
- Mauricio KagelArgentine-German composer (1931-2008)
- Mauricio SolísCosta Rican footballerborn 1972
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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