Given name & surname
Moritz
“a dark-skinned man; Moorish”
Moritz is a form of Maurice. One Latin interpretation is “a dark-skinned man; Moorish.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Moritz is a form of Maurice. One Latin interpretation is “a dark-skinned man; Moorish.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Moritz is a form of Maurice. An origin associated with Maurice is Late Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In German usage, Moritz developed from Mauritius.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1925. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Moritz is a variant of Morris. The history of Morris gives this family its wider story. Morris was in use during the Middle Ages.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Moritz through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 142
- 142 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,347 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,347 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 417 as a first name in 2020; 6,055 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.
Moritz’s family of names
In English usage, Moritz has a diminutive in Mo. Moritz shares a linguistic root with Maurice. In German usage, Moritz has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Mauricio.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Moritz has relatives in 19 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 25
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Moritz
- Moritz SchlickGerman philosopher (1882-1936)
- Moritz Leuenbergerformer member of the Swiss Federal Councilborn 1946
- Moritz BleibtreuGerman actorborn 1971
- Moritz von JacobiGerman engineer and physicist (1801–1874)
- Moritz LeitnerGerman association football playerborn 1992
- Maurice, Elector of SaxonyDuke of Saxony and later Elector of Saxony (1521–1553)
- Moritz CantorGerman historian of mathematics (1829-1920)
- Moritz von SchwindAustrian painter (1804–1871)
- Moritz MoszkowskiGerman composer, pianist and teacher (1854–1925)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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