The "history" of the name shows as coming from Latin with 'Maurus'. However, the Latin word, originates from the Greek MAVROS (Μαυρος) meaning 'black'We also know that the word 'maurus', became 'moreno/morena' in Spanish which means 'the dark one', swarty, dusky, all indicating black/dark.The history of how the name 'Mauro' (Mavro - black) became so popular on this side of the Atlantic, is a very interesting one, worth reading. On the most recent history of the name, we go back to Juan de Onate who had a Greek man as his navigator througout his expeditions (1598 AD). No one could pronounce the Greek man's last name so he was simply known as 'el Griego' (the Greek). Today 'Griego' is a fairly popular last name in Mexico and we can figure out why if the 'Griego' like all the other conquistadores, was making babies along their path and those being the daughter of the Griego, son of the Griego'It is only normal to imagine the conquistadores seeing the birth of the kids they had with native women coming our looking dark - compared to their own skin color - and them just exclaiming "Hey look, my kid came out mavro (Mauro - dark skinned)" and this is how the name was established in this part of the world.
We also know that the word 'maurus', became 'moreno/morena' in Spanish which means 'the dark one', swarty, dusky, all indicating black/dark.
The history of how the name 'Mauro' (Mavro - black) became so popular on this side of the Atlantic, is a very interesting one, worth reading.
On the most recent history of the name, we go back to Juan de Onate who had a Greek man as his navigator througout his expeditions (1598 AD). No one could pronounce the Greek man's last name so he was simply known as 'el Griego' (the Greek). Today 'Griego' is a fairly popular last name in Mexico and we can figure out why if the 'Griego' like all the other conquistadores, was making babies along their path and those being the daughter of the Griego, son of the Griego'
It is only normal to imagine the conquistadores seeing the birth of the kids they had with native women coming our looking dark - compared to their own skin color - and them just exclaiming "Hey look, my kid came out mavro (Mauro - dark skinned)" and this is how the name was established in this part of the world.