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I like it. French pronunciation if you speak French regularly and/or live in France, otherwise the English version is far better. My friend married a Jewish guy named Morris, which removed all ambiguity; his nn, unfortunately, was Muff.

Yea for Maurice. And I like both the English and the French pronunciations equally.

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I met my first Maurice a while back here in the U.S. He's in his 30's and uses the French pronunciation. Meeting it on a real person suddenly made it "useable" to me.

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I also like Moritz and absolutely adore Muiris ("MYOOR-ish").

This message was edited 2/8/2010, 2:37 PM

French pronunciation, by far. I wouldn't name a child Maurice today, but I use it as a name for an older character.

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It always makes me think of Beauty and the Beast. "Crazy old Maurice, hmmmm..."

I don't like it. It's a family name, my paternal grandfather
was Maurice, I have an uncle Maurice(Maurie) and a cousin(who died) called Maurice. I'd love to know why my great-grandparents picked the name - his brothers and sisters had pretty regular names like Elizabeth and Thomas.

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Usually I like family names but Maurice has never done it for me. My mother likes Muiris, the Irish version and says she considered it for one of my brothers.

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I prefer the English to the French pronunciation.

It's ok, I prefer Morris or Moritz though. I like the English pronounciation better.