Meaning of the nameMaurício

Maurício is a male name of Latin origin, from Mauricius or Mauritius, derived from Maurus, a Latin name meaning 'North African, Moor'.

Meaning

“derived from Latin Maurus, 'North African, Moor'”

Source: Behind the Name: Maurice · Behind the Name: Maurus

People (2022): 215,787
Rank in Brazil: #149
Median age: 40 years
2010 Census: 235,778; people

Maurício in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Maurício, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (45,364 people).

769 women 215,018 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Maurício is most common

States with the highest share of people named Maurício in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	57,350	0.129%
Minas Gerais	21,335	0.104%
Rio de Janeiro	19,273	0.120%
Rio Grande do Sul	18,978	0.174%
Bahia	15,394	0.109%
Paraná	12,960	0.113%
Santa Catarina	10,175	0.134%
Pernambuco	7,829	0.086%
Pará	6,846	0.084%
Goiás	6,113	0.087%
Maranhão	5,395	0.080%
Ceará	4,367	0.050%
Mato Grosso	3,170	0.087%
Espírito Santo	3,164	0.083%
Piauí	2,946	0.090%
Distrito Federal	2,933	0.104%
Amazonas	2,854	0.072%
Mato Grosso do Sul	2,640	0.096%
Paraíba	2,598	0.065%
Alagoas	2,407	0.077%
Rio Grande do Norte	1,826	0.055%
Sergipe	1,459	0.066%
Tocantins	1,298	0.086%
Rondônia	1,143	0.072%
Amapá	466	0.064%
Roraima	437	0.069%
Acre	431	0.052%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Maurício

Maurício comes from the Latin Mauricius or Mauritius, the name of a saint of the third century, according to the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), which cites Machado (1981). Behind the Name describes Mauritius as derived from Maurus, a Latin name meaning 'North African, Moor', a word of Greek origin. Wiktionary records the name with an acute accent, Maurício, and the dictionary lists Maurycio among the spelling variants. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 215,787 people named Maurício, with a median age of 40. The name is almost always male, is concentrated among people born in the 1970s and 1980s and, proportionally, is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Mauricio · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Behind the Name: Maurice · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Maurus · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Mauricio · behindthename.com · spelling
Wiktionary: Maurício · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Maurício

What does the name Maurício mean?

Maurício means “derived from Latin Maurus, 'North African, Moor'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Maurício in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 215,787 people with the first name Maurício, which ranks it number 149 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Maurício a boy's or a girl's name?

Maurício is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 769 women and 215,018 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Maurício?

Maurício is a name of Latin and Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Maurício most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.174% of the state's population is named Maurício (18,978 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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