Given name & surname
Maury
“a dark-skinned man; Moorish”
Maury is a variant of Maurice. One Latin interpretation is “a dark-skinned man; Moorish.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Maury is a variant of Maurice. One Latin interpretation is “a dark-skinned man; Moorish.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Maury is a variant of Maurice. An origin associated with Maurice is Late Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Maury is a diminutive of Maurice.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1889. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maury through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,770
- 2,512 boys · 258 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 99 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,678 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +14%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 100% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,678 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 86 in 1963. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,405 as a first name in 2020; 1,277 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.
Maury’s family of names
In English usage, Maury is a diminutive of Maurice. Maury has a related form in Maurice.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
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 Maury
- Maury PovichAmerican television personalityborn 1939
- Maury ChaykinAmerican actor (1949-2010)
- Maury SterlingAmerican actorborn 1971
- Maury MaverickAmerican politician (1895-1954)
- Maury WillsAmerican baseball player and manager (1932–2022)
- Maury DexterAmerican film director (1927-2017)
- Maury YestonAmerican composer, lyricist and music theoristborn 1945
- Maury GertsmanAmerican cinematographer (1907-1999)
- Maury de SouzaBrazilian basketball player (born 1962)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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