Given name & surname
Maurus
“a dark-skinned man; Moorish”
Maurus is a variant of Maurice. One Latin interpretation is “a dark-skinned man; Moorish.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Maurus is a variant of Maurice. One Latin interpretation is “a dark-skinned man; Moorish.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Maurus 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 1954. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maurus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1954
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1954. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 142 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.
Maurus’s family of names
Maurus has a later derivative in Maurice. Maurus has a related form in Maurice.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Maurus
- Maurus Wolterfirst abbot and founder of Beuron Archabbey (1825–1890)
- Maurus CarnotSwiss priest (1865-1935)
- Maurus DantineBenedictine priest1688–1746
- Maurus Gervase KombaTanzanian Roman Catholic bishop1923–1996
- Maurus Kallinaarchitect1844–1913
- Maurus Esteva AlsinaSpanish priest (1933–2014)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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