Maurits

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Male Name

Usage

Finnish
Swedish
Norwegian
Danish

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Origin and Meaning

Nordic spelling of Mauritz

Related Names

See Mauritius

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Maurits
Genitive:	Maurits'

- Finnish
Nominative:	Maurits
Genitive:	Mauritsin
Partitive:	Mauritsia

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Maurits
Genitive:	Maurits'

- Swedish
Nominative:	Maurits
Genitive:	Maurits' / Maurits

Name Day

Sweden

22 September

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Norway: 17th century

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden: 1900-1919
• Norway: 1905-1910

Predominant Regional Usage

• Norway:
  • Late 18th century:
    • Østfold
    • Rogaland
  • Around 1900:
    • Hedmark
    • Oppland
• Sweden:
  • Bohuslän (19th century) see map
  • Västergötland (19th century) see map

Namesakes

• Maurits Christopher Hansen (5 July 1794 – 16 March 1842), Norwegian writer

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Finland		n.a.	1136	0	0	n.a.	1136
Sweden		113	536	0	0	113	536
Denmark		33	n.a.	0	n.a.	33	n.a.
Norway		46	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	46	n.a.
Greenland		0	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Maurits (m) in Sweden in the year 1880.