Maurice

From French Maurice, from Late Latin Mauritius, derived from Maurus (“Moor; dark, swarthy”). Popularized by a 3rd-century Roman soldier martyr.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /məˈɹis/, /mɔˈɹis/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /məˈɹiːs/, /ˈmɒɹɪs/
• Rhymes: -iːs, (Received Pronunciation) -ɒɹɪs

Maurice

1. A male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Morris.
   • 1951 Graham Greene, The End of the Affair, Viking Press, page 5:

     For some reason I am a man known by his surname; I might never have been christened for all the use my friends make of the rather affected Maurice my literary parents gave me.

2. A surname originating as a patronymic, equivalent to English Morris.

• Morris

• Mauceri, uraemic, uræmic

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.ʁis/, /mo.ʁis/

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Maurice f

1. Mauritius (an island and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)
2. a male given name, Maurice, equivalent to English Morris

• English: Maurice
• English: Morris