Given name & surname
Maurits
“a dark-skinned man; Moorish”
Maurits is a variant of Maurice. One Latin interpretation is “a dark-skinned man; Moorish.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Maurits is a variant of Maurice. One Latin interpretation is “a dark-skinned man; Moorish.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Maurits is a variant of Maurice. An origin associated with Maurice is Late Latin.
Explained through its name family
Maurits’s family of names
Maurits shares a linguistic root with Maurice. In Swedish usage, Maurits has a conventional equivalent in the German form Moritz. Maurits has a related form in Maurice.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Mauricioequivalent
- Morrisequivalent
- Maurizioequivalent
- MoritzGerman
- Mauritzequivalent
- Mavricijequivalent
- Mořicequivalent
- Mauritiusequivalent
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People named Maurits
- M. C. EscherDutch graphic artist (1898–1972)
- Prince Maurice of Battenbergmember of the Hessian princely Battenberg family and the extended British Royal Family (1891–1914)
- Maurits KjærgaardDanish association football playerborn 2003
- Maurits VerdonckBelgian rower (1879–1968)
- Maurits LammertinkDutch cyclistborn 1990
- Maurits De SchrijverBelgian footballerborn 1951
- Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoveneldest son of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands and Pieter van Vollenhoven (born 1968)
- Maurits HansenNorwegian writer1794–1842
- Maurits Crucqfield hockey playerborn 1968
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