Comments for the name Maurice

My ex boyfriend is called Maurice. I have fallen in love with the name and hope to get away with calling this to my first boy (I wonder what the ex will think if that?). His dad was known as 'Mozz'. Maurice has forever been called 'Morris'. But I prefer the pronunciation of 'Moreece' with the spelling of Maurice.

Maurice Conchis is the name of a mysterious character in the novel "The Magus" by John Fowles. "Maurice" is also the name of a E.M. Forster novel.

Joseph-Maurice Ravel was a French composer and pianist, considered to be one of the major composers of the 20th century.

Actor Michael Caine's birth name was Maurice Joseph Micklewhite.

Maurice is the name of Belle's father in Beauty and the Beast. "CRAZY ol' Maurice, eh?...Crazy ol' Maurice..."

Famous bearers:
Maurice Maeterlinck, a Belgian poet and playwright. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Maurice Leblanc, a French novelist. He's famous for the Arsène Lupin series.

Voice actor Maurice LaMarce does the voice of The Brain from "Pinky and the Brain" and Hovis from "Catscratch".

Maurice Richard was a famous hockey player for the Montreal Canadians.

I think this makes a good middle name.

This is such a cute name for a little boy.

Maurice Bernard plays Michael "Sonny" Corinthos on General Hospital.

The General Hospital actor's name is actually Maurice Benard. His birth name was Mauricio Jose Morales.

The image of a big, awkward, gangly, pimple faced tenage boy comes to mind. Anyone else agree?

Maurice Minnifield is one of the main characters in the cult 90s show "Northern Exposure." He's a an ex-astronaut who pretty much owns and controls the whole town of Cicely, Alaska. He's pompous and flaunts his wealth, but he is still quite hilarious. As the seasons progess he is shown to be a bit more complex. Overall Maurice was one of the best, over the top characters.

I can't possibly picture Maurice as a pimply teenager. To me Maurice is a refined, good hearted, older man. If he's a bad boy, he's a good guy "bad boy".

Maurice Chevalier, French actor and singer. It is probably due to M. Chevalier that the name Maurice is generally pronounced in the French manner in the U.S., where the English pronunciation is usually reserved for the spelling "Morris."

All I can think of is the old text they'd show on the European MTV2 back in 2005 and 2006: ''Would you name your child Maurice?'' or something similar. My answer would be ''no''. It sounds old-fashioned and unpleasant.

In the 1970's hit "Space Cowboy", one of the lines of the song goes, "and some people call me Maurice".

The song is not called 'Space Cowboy'- It is 'The Joker', by the Steve Miller Band.

It is common for Jews named Moses (or Moshe) to be called Maurice, or Morris, and conceived as the European (probably ancient German or French) name of Moses.

Famous bearers: Maurice Ravel (composer), Maurice Chevalier (actor), Maurice Joshua (DJ)

Famous Jewish bearers: Maurice Sendak, Maurice Jaffe (owner of 'Maurices' retail clothing chain), Maurice (3d animation character) the lemur king's advisor. Note: The first 10 Google entries for Maurice are of Jewish institutions or name bearers.

This was the name of famous French trumpet player, Maurice Andre.

Name of a novel by E.M. Forster and later a movie.

Saint Maurice was a black person and is usually depicted as such in art. The name means 'Moor' -the modern north west African country of Mauritania shares this name.

Maurice Quentin de la Tour was a renowned Rococo artist in 18th century France. He worked primarily in pastels, and depicted, among others, Voltaire, Louis XV, and Madame de Pompadour. He was the king of France's official portraitist from 1750 until 1773.

Maurice Ernest Gibb of the Bee Gees.

I can't imagine anyone pronouncing this the same as Morris. I'm American but have always said maw-REES; not quite the same as the French mo-REES, but certainly not Morris. [noted -ed]

Maurice Jones-Drew is an American football player.

Maurice is one of the boys from the William Golding novel "Lord of the Flies."

In the UK this name is just seen as another spelling of Morris and is pronounced MAWR-is. I've never came across it being pronounced mo-REES, and can't imagine it be said that way here unless the bearer is a French (or otherwise Francophone) expatriate.

-- Anonymous User 10/1/2012
Or American of course, I meant to add.