Mauritius
loc · English · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Mauritius is a name, most frequently recorded in Mauritius. It appears chiefly in English and French, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: from Latin Mauricius 'Moorish, dark-skinned'.
- MUMauritius1 in 24◐
- NLNetherlands1 in 26K
- BEBelgium1 in 127K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈674 ●
- Sources
- 42 ●
- 1 in 26K ◐
across 4 countries
687 records
Official registry-verified
Netherlands
Spellings & scripts●
Locally spelled Mauritsius in NL Netherlands.
Meaning & origin●
from Latin Mauricius 'Moorish, dark-skinned'
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 27 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MU Mauritius | 23,445 | 2 rec. | — | — | Mauritius | 8 |
| NL Netherlands | 665△ | 17 rec. | 1 in 26K | 665 | Mauritsius | 18 |
| AU Australia | 439 | 12 rec. | — | — | Mauritius | 6 |
| CA Canada | 355 | 4 rec. | — | — | Mauritius | 1 |
| GB United Kingdom | 234 | 10 rec. | — | — | Mauritius | 3 |
| US United States | 77 | 141 rec. | — | listed | Mauritius | 25 |
| BE Belgium | 69 | 10 rec. | — | — | Mauritius | 6 |
| CH Switzerland | 52 | 10 rec. | — | — | Mauritius | 7 |
| ZA South Africa | 20 | 113 rec. | — | — | Mauritius | 6 |
| DE Germany | 13 | 310 rec. | — | 1 | Mauritius | 42 |
| AT Austria | 8 | 16 rec. | — | 7 | Mauritius | 16 |
| SE Sweden | 4 | 0 rec. | 1 in 2.6M | 4 | — | 1 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English25K21%
- French7781%
- Italian1401%
- Dutch731%
- German701%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 24,553 | 21% |
| French | 778 | 1% |
| Italian | 140 | 1% |
| Dutch | 73 | 1% |
| German | 70 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Mauritius is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, from the given name Mauritius, Latin name of St. Maurice
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In English, A country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar. Official name: Republic of Mauritius.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, island, Indian Ocean
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In German, Patronymischer Familienname zum Rufnamen Mauritius, einer Weiterbildung von lat. Maurus 'der aus Mauretanien Stammende, Mohr'; Verbreitung v.a. durch den hl. Mauritius. Belegt u.a. mit Moritz 5767, Holland-Moritz 236, Möritz 211, Mauritz 882.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, Patronymischer Familienname zu Rufname Mauritius/Moritz, letztlich aus lat. Mauritius; im Band auch Belege zu Moritz/Mauritz und Varianten überliefert.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name●
- Saint Mauriceb. 250EGnot in their usual nameEgyptian saint and leader of the legendary Roman Theban Legion
- Georg Mauriciusb. 1539DEnot in their usual nameGerman university teacher and writer (1539-1610)
- Mauritius Knauerb. 1613DEGerman religious figure (1613–1664)
- Caspar Mauritiusb. 1615DEGerman theologian
- Erich Mauritiusb. 1631DEGerman judge (1631-1691)
- Moritz August Seubertb. 1818DEnot in their usual nameGerman botanist (1818–1878)
- Mauritius Klieberb. 1877ATAustrian politician (1877-1949)
- Mauritius Renningerb. 1905DEphysicist (1905–1987)
- Mauritius Mittlerb. 1921DEGerman librarian and priest
- Maurizio Gervasonib. 1953ITnot in their usual nameItalian priest
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 16 sources across 11 countries.
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 31 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Mauritius?
- We estimate roughly 674 people bear Mauritius (counting its spellings and scripts) across 4 countries in our records.
- In which country does Mauritius have the most bearers?
- Mauritius is most frequently recorded in Mauritius, where it is most often spelled mauritius.
- What does the name Mauritius mean?
- Recorded meaning: from Latin Mauricius 'Moorish, dark-skinned'
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Mauritius”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.