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It’s a very sweet name, I prefer it said as “Morris” though, like the Bee Gees singer Maurice Ernest Gibb. It’s not very common among kids which is a shame - I like older fashioned names.
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Maurice "The Angel" Tillit is a Russian PRO wrestler with a RARE disease that makes places such as his head, hands, and feet swell up.
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Maurice Sendak is a good namesake.
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Maurice (a.k.a. Numbuh 9) is a character in the cartoon Codename: Kids Next Door.
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Maurice Duplessis (1890-1959) was a Canadian politician who served as the 16th Premier of the Canadian Province of Quebec from 1936 to 1939 and 1944 to 1959. His era later became known as La Grande Noirceur (“The Great Darkness”) by separatist thinkers.
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Maurice is one of the main characters of the Madagascar films. He is King Julien's advisor.
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Maurice is one of the boys from the William Golding novel "Lord of the Flies."
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Maurice Jones-Drew is an American football player.
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Maurice Ernest Gibb of the Bee Gees.
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Maurice Quentin de la Tour was a renowned Rococo artist in 18th century France. He worked primarily in pastels, and depicted, among others, Voltaire, Louis XV, and Madame de Pompadour. He was the king of France's official portraitist from 1750 until 1773.
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Saint Maurice was a black person and is usually depicted as such in art. The name means 'Moor' -the modern north west African country of Mauritania shares this name.
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Name of a novel by E.M. Forster and later a movie.
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This was the name of famous French trumpet player, Maurice Andre.
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In the 1970's hit "Space Cowboy", one of the lines of the song goes, "and some people call me Maurice".
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The song is not called 'Space Cowboy'- It is 'The Joker', by the Steve Miller Band.
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Maurice Chevalier, French actor and singer. It is probably due to M. Chevalier that the name Maurice is generally pronounced in the French manner in the U.S., where the English pronunciation is usually reserved for the spelling "Morris."
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Maurice Minnifield is one of the main characters in the cult 90s show "Northern Exposure." He's a an ex-astronaut who pretty much owns and controls the whole town of Cicely, Alaska. He's pompous and flaunts his wealth, but he is still quite hilarious. As the seasons progess he is shown to be a bit more complex. Overall Maurice was one of the best, over the top characters.
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Maurice Bernard plays Michael "Sonny" Corinthos on General Hospital.
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The General Hospital actor's name is actually Maurice Benard. His birth name was Mauricio Jose Morales.
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Maurice Richard was a famous hockey player for the Montreal Canadians.
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Voice actor Maurice LaMarce does the voice of The Brain from "Pinky and the Brain" and Hovis from "Catscratch".
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Famous bearers:
Maurice Maeterlinck, a Belgian poet and playwright. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Maurice Leblanc, a French novelist. He's famous for the Arsène Lupin series.
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Maurice Maeterlinck, a Belgian poet and playwright. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Maurice Leblanc, a French novelist. He's famous for the Arsène Lupin series.
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Maurice is the name of Belle's father in Beauty and the Beast. "CRAZY ol' Maurice, eh?...Crazy ol' Maurice..."
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Actor Michael Caine's birth name was Maurice Joseph Micklewhite.
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Joseph-Maurice Ravel was a French composer and pianist, considered to be one of the major composers of the 20th century.
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Maurice Conchis is the name of a mysterious character in the novel "The Magus" by John Fowles. "Maurice" is also the name of a E.M. Forster novel.
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