Origin and popularity of the name MAURO

Origin

Mauro : Italian (mainly southern): from the personal name Mauro derived from the Latin personal and ethnic name Maurus borne by various early Christian saints and meaning ‘Moor North African’. Compare Moore and Moro.

Mauri : 1: Catalan: from the personal name Mauri Latin Maurus (see Mauro).2: Catalan and French (Occitan): probably from the personal name Malric (ancient Germanic Almaricus).3: Italian (mainly southern): patronymic or plural form of the personal name Mauro. It is also found in Slovenia where it is more commonly spelled in a Slovenized form Mavri. Compare 4 below.4: Italianized form of Slovenian Mavrič and Croatian Mavrić Maurić: patronymic from the personal name Maver Croatian Mavro Mauro from Latin Maurus ‘Moor’ (see Mauro; compare 3 above).

Santomauro : Italian: habitational name from any of numerous places called with reference to a local church or shrine dedicated to a Saint Maurus San(to) Mauro in Italian (see Mauro).

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Geographic distribution of the 7,896 individuals with the name MAURO on Geneanet.

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