Maurice

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: French

Meaning

Maurice is a traditionally masculine given name, also used as a surname. It originates as a French name derived from the Latin Mauritius or Mauricius and was subsequently used in other languages. Its popularity is due to Mauritius, a saint of the Theban Legion.

From Wikipedia

Maurice first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 3 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1952 with 56 babies (rank #98 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Maurice

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Maurice yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

59
Total babies (all years)
3
Years in the data
56
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195256#98
20162#698
20171#1,758