Mauricio
Meaning
“Spanish/Portuguese form of Maurice, from Mauritius, a derivative of Maurus, 'North African, Moorish'”
The story
Mauricio is the Spanish form of Mauritius, says Behind the Name, the Latin name derived from Maurus, "North African, Moorish", and its anchor bearer is Saint Maurice, the third-century Roman soldier from Egypt whose legion was supposedly massacred for refusing to worship Roman gods, making him the patron saint of infantry soldiers. The American line climbed for a century, from about 61 boys in the 1910s to about 7,600 in the 2000s, with about 2,480 so far this decade. Brazil holds the name at national scale: about 215,800 Mauricios, rank 149 in the country, median age forty, with about 45,400 born in the 1980s. A Latin name for North Africa, an Egyptian soldier-saint, and a record with a home on two continents.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Mauricio peaked in the 2000s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
Popularity in Brazil
215,787 people · the #149 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 941 · median age 40
Among people named Mauricio living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 2,031 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Mauricio
Most people given the name Mauricio in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Mauricio deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Mauricio truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Mauricio fits with your family’s names and surname.
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