Baby name
FADING
🇩🇪 🇳🇱 Mauritius
/maw · RIT · see · us/
Meaning
“Dark-skinned or Moorish”
Latin form of Maurice, naming the island nation in the Indian Ocean; used as a given name mainly in German-speaking and Dutch-speaking countries.
Nicknames
mauri · rits
Vibe
elegant
How it ages.
Grand and unusual; more place-name than personal name in most people's minds.
The cultural moment.
Rare as a given name; occasional historical use in the Netherlands and Germany.