Maurizio
The Italian form, from a Latin root meaning "dark-skinned" or "Moorish". Fewer than 140 men in Poland carry it, so most people here have never met one.
Maurizio Pronunciation
Maurizio is pronounced mah-oo-REE-zho (/mauˈriʑɔ/).
What Maurizio means
Where Maurizio comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Maurizio is the Italian form of the Latin Mauritius, which grew from Maurus, the Roman word for a man of Mauretania in North Africa. The plain sense of it is "dark-skinned, Moorish." That reading points to skin and origin, to a person marked as coming from the far side of the Mediterranean.
The name gained standing through Saint Maurice, the Roman officer remembered as leader of the Theban Legion, martyred for refusing an imperial order. He became a patron of soldiers, and his cult spread north across the Alps. The Swiss resort of Sankt Moritz still carries his name.
In Italy the form settled as Maurizio. It is worn by film directors, footballers, and cardinals alike. Poland kept its own Maurycy, whose name-day falls on 22 September. A boy called Maurizio in a Polish class register wears the Italian coat over a Latin root. The root still means what it meant: dark-skinned, of the Moors.
How many people are named Maurizio
1 in 159300 men in Poland is named Maurizio. 134 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2864 among male names.
Maurizio's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Maurizio as a middle name
Maurizio is a first name for 134 men in Poland and a middle name for another 14, a 91/9 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2533rd, between Maksimilian (14) and Menahem (14).
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#2531 Ludvig14
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#2532 Maksimilian14
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#2533 Maurizio14
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#2534 Menahem14
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#2535 Mikhail14