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Maurica
How to Pronounce Maurica
Pronounced maw-REE-kah /mɔˈriː.kə/Medium
Meaning: Maurica is a feminine form of Maurice, from the Roman name Mauritius, built on Maurus, 'dark-skinned' or 'Moorish,' originally referring to inhabitants of ancient Mauretania in North Africa.Medium
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Maurica takes the masculine Maurice and reshapes it as a girl's name with a Latinate -ica ending. Maurice itself descends from Mauritius, built on Maurus, referring to the dark-skinned peoples of Roman-era Mauretania in North Africa.
Maurica has always been uncommon in the United States, given to only about eighteen girls a year at its peak around 1992, and it remains rare. It reads as a distinctive feminine counterpart to the more familiar Maurice and Mauricio.
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What does the name Maurica mean?
It is a feminine form of Maurice, from the Latin Mauritius, referring to the peoples of ancient Mauretania in North Africa.
How do you pronounce Maurica?
It is said maw-REE-kah /mɔˈriː.kə/, three syllables with the stress in the middle.
Is Maurica a boy or girl name?
Maurica is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Maurica?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about eighteen girls a year at its peak in the early nineteen-nineties.