Mauro

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Mauro is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name326K records spelled Mauro9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Venezuela, Ecuador

  Languages: English, Western Frisian, Dutch

  Also written Mäuřo, Mäurô, Mäūrō, Mąüró, Maüro

• Italian given name102K records spelled Mauro10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, Philippines, Peru

  Also written Maùro, Màuro, Maurò, Màùrò, Maúro

• Catalan given name31K records spelled Mauro6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, Italy, United States

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Maúro, Maüro, Maùro, Máuro

• German given name18K records spelled Mauro8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, Germany, Switzerland, United States

  Languages: German, English

  Also written Mauroe, Maurö, Mäürö, Maeueroe, Mauró

• a separate given name13K records spelled Mauro2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Italy, United Kingdom

  Also written Maurô

• Croatian given name10K records spelled Mauro16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Italy, United States, Peru

  Languages: Croatian, Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Мауро, Màùrò

• Lao given name4.3K records spelled Mauro18 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Italy, Peru, Thailand

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written เมาโร, เมาโร่, Máúró, Mäürö, Mäuro

62 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Mauro 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.

• from the personal name Mauro, derived from the Latin personal and ethnic name Maurus, meaning ‘Moor’, ‘North African’; or from the same word, mauro, applied as a nickname or ethnic name. Compare Moore 2 and 3.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• From Latin Maurus ‘Moor’, i.e. ‘swarthy’, borne by one of the earliest followers of St Benedict. Feminine form Maura.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In Portuguese, dated form of mouro (“Moorish”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, forma italiana de Maurus; pode referir-se também a mouro/infiel

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In Italian, Dal lat. Maurus, 'moro, scuro'; nome di s. Mauro, uno dei primi discepoli di s. Benedetto, 15 gennaio.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

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.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 124 years between 1900–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Fra Maurob. 1385ITItalian cartographer and monk
• Mauro Giulianib. 1781ITItalian guitarist, cellist, singer, and composer
• Mauro Bologninib. 1922ITItalian film director (1922–2001)
• Mauro Mendonçab. 1932BRBrazilian actor
• Mauro Paganib. 1946ITItalian musician (1946)
• Mauro Tassottib. 1960ITItalian footballer
• Mauro Fioreb. 1964ITAmerican cinematographer
• Mauro Camoranesib. 1976ARItalian footballer
• Mauro Icardib. 1993ARArgentine association football player (born 1993)
• Dukib. 1996ARnot in their usual nameArgentine rapper and singer (born 1996)

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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 958 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Mauro?

We estimate roughly 180 thousand people bear Mauro (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Mauro have the most bearers?

Mauro is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled mauro.

How common is Mauro compared with other names?

In Argentina, Mauro is the 222nd most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Mauro a male or female name?

Mauro is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Mauro mean?

Recorded meaning: Italian/Spanish form of Maurus; 'Moor, dark-skinned'.