Given name
Muiris
“a dark-skinned man; Moorish”
Muiris is a form of Maurice. One Latin interpretation is “a dark-skinned man; Moorish.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Muiris is a form of Maurice. One Latin interpretation is “a dark-skinned man; Moorish.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Muiris is a form of Maurice. An origin associated with Maurice is Late Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Irish use, Muiris is used as a form of Maurice.
Muiris’s family of names
Muiris shares a linguistic root with Maurice. In Irish usage, Muiris has a conventional equivalent in the German form Moritz. Muiris is a form of Maurice.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Muiris has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Irish roots to each of them.
Irishwhere Muiris comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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