Maurus

This entry should be amended to reflect the fact that Maurus is actually Greek in origin and therefore not a genuine (or native) Latin given name.

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Maurus is the latinized form of the Late Greek given name Μαῦρος (Mauros), which can mean "Moor" (depends on the context) but is ultimately derived from the Greek adjective μαυρός (mauros). This word is a rare variant of the Greek adjective ἀμαυρός (amauros) meaning "dark". Also compare the Greek verbs ἀμαυρόω (amauroo) and μαυρόω (mauroo), which both mean "to darken".

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A known historical bearer of the name Mauros was a Bulgar leader who flourished between 686 and 711 AD and was in allegiance with the Byzantine Empire.

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Sources used:
- http://www.trismegistos.org/name/10561 (in English; this is about the name - also click on "Attestations by century")
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maurus#Etymology (in English; uses the spelling Μαυρός instead)
- Mauros at the Lexicon of Greek Personal Names (LGPN): http://clas-lgpn2.classics.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/lgpn_search.cgi?namenoaccents=%CE%9C%CE%B1%CF%85%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82 (in English; features 14 results)
- https://glg.csic.es/NombresGriegosDePersona/ListasNombres/NombresDePersona_M.html (in Spanish)
- μαυρός (mauros) meaning "dark":
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mauro%2Fs&la=greek&can=mauro%2Fs (in English)
• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%85%CF%81%CF%8C%CF%82#Ancient_Greek (in English)
• https://lsj.gr/wiki/%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%85%CF%81%CF%8C%CF%82 (in English)
- ἀμαυρός (amauros) meaning "dark":
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29mauro%2Fs&la=greek&can=a%29mauro%2Fs (in English)
• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%80%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%85%CF%81%CF%8C%CF%82#Ancient_Greek (in English)
• https://lsj.gr/wiki/%E1%BC%80%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%85%CF%81%CF%8C%CF%82 (in English)
- ἀμαυρόω (amauroo) meaning "to darken":
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29mauro%2Fw&la=greek&can=a%29mauro%2Fw (in English)
• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%80%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%85%CF%81%CF%8C%CF%89#Ancient_Greek (in English)
• https://lsj.gr/wiki/%E1%BC%80%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%85%CF%81%CF%8C%CF%89 (in English)
- μαυρόω (mauroo) meaning "to darken":
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mauro%2Fw&la=greek&can=mauro%2Fw (in English)
• https://lsj.gr/wiki/%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%85%CF%81%CF%8C%CF%89 (in English)
- Mauros the Bulgar leader: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauros (in English)

The name and its' derivatives are historically attached to the people identified as Moors, a Phoenician race that originated in Palestine (Cannan) before they arrived in ancient Lybia (Northwest Africa, i.e. Morocco, Maurantinia &c).

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Source: Procopius History Of The Wars

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The Vandalic Wars occurred during the rulership of Roman Emperor Justinian lived 482 - 565, ruled 527 - 565, obviously predating Islam and the later Al-Andalusian era.

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Masuna, a Moorish ruler, left the following inscription dated 508 AD
Rex gentium Maurorum et Romanorum, the "King of the Roman and Moorish peoples".

The name was given to people North African / Arabic origins who resided in Europe (Moors). The name comes from the demonym of Mauritania (modern day Morocco). It originally applied to European residents who were Arabic, then it was broadened to African and Arabic Europeans, or just people with darker skin.