Mauri

See also: mauri and maùri

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Mauri.

Proper noun

Mauri (plural Mauris)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mauri is the 33241^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 688 individuals. Mauri is most common among White (60.76%) and Hispanic/Latino (33.87%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mauri”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 538.

Anagrams

• Urmia, uriam, Umari, Miura, -arium

Finnish

Etymology

From the Latin saints' names Mauritius and, less often, Maurus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑu̯ri/, [ˈmɑ̝u̯ri]
• Rhymes: -ɑuri
• Syllabification^(key): Mau‧ri
• Hyphenation^(key): Mau‧ri

Proper noun

Mauri

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Maurice
   • 1930-1945, published posthumously 1968, Ain'Elisabet Pennanen, Kaksi raukkaa, WSOY, page 429:

     ―Eikö teillä ole muuta ristimänimeä kuin Sulo, Laisa kysyi ärsytellen.
     ―On, Mauri.
     ―No, mutta käyttäkää sitä sitten! Sehän on kaunis nimi. Mauri Määttä ja sointuu.

     ―Is Sulo the only name you were christened with, Laisa asked in a teasing way.
     ―No, there's also Mauri.
     ―Well, use that then! It's a pretty name. Mauri Määttä and it rhymes.

   • 2006, Seppo Jokinen, Hiirileikki, Karisto, published 2009, →ISBN, pages 11–12:

     Mauri Arvi Maunukka, se oli hänen koko nimensä.
     Mauri Maunukka. MAU MAU, MAU MAU.
     ( - - - ) Mauria ei ollut pantu edes alulle vielä silloin, ja kun hän sitten oli syntynyt monen odotuksentäyteisen vuoden jälkeen, hänet oli kastettu kotikylän mukaan Mauriksi. Isä ja äite olivat kertoneet asian sataan kertaan kaikille tutuille ja Maurinkylän naapureille ja vielä naureskelleetkin sen päälle. Arvistakin se oli ollut aluksi hauskaa, mutta sitten nauru oli muuttunut itkuksi. Eihän Mauri-nimessä mitään vikaa ollut, se oli kaunis ja komea, mutta sukunimeen ja kissanaamaan yhdistettynä se oli tehnyt hänen kouluvuosistaan helvetin.

     Mauri Arvi Maunukka was his full name.
     Mauri Maunukka. MAU MAU, MAU MAU.
     ( - - - ) Mauri wasn't even conceived back then, and he was finally born after many years of waiting, he has been named Mauri after his home village. His parents had then told this hundreds of times to everyone they knew and the neighbors at Maurinkylä and even laughed on top. Arvi too thought it was funny at first, but then then his laughter turned to crying. There was nothing wrong with the name Mauri, it was nice and all, but combined with his surname and cat-like face, it had made his school years a living hell.

   Alternative form: Make (diminutive)

Declension

Inflection of Mauri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Mauri	Maurit
genitive		Maurin	Maurien
partitive		Mauria	Maureja
illative		Mauriin	Maureihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Mauri	Maurit
accusative	nom.	Mauri	Maurit
	gen.	Maurin
genitive		Maurin	Maurien
partitive		Mauria	Maureja
inessive		Maurissa	Maureissa
elative		Maurista	Maureista
illative		Mauriin	Maureihin
adessive		Maurilla	Maureilla
ablative		Maurilta	Maureilta
allative		Maurille	Maureille
essive		Maurina	Maureina
translative		Mauriksi	Maureiksi
abessive		Mauritta	Maureitta
instructive		—	Maurein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Mauri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Maurini Maurini accusative nom. Maurini Maurini gen. Maurini genitive Maurini Maurieni partitive Mauriani Maurejani inessive Maurissani Maureissani elative Mauristani Maureistani illative Mauriini Maureihini adessive Maurillani Maureillani ablative Mauriltani Maureiltani allative Maurilleni Maureilleni essive Maurinani Maureinani translative Maurikseni Maureikseni abessive Maurittani Maureittani instructive — — comitative — Maureineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Maurisi Maurisi accusative nom. Maurisi Maurisi gen. Maurisi genitive Maurisi Mauriesi partitive Mauriasi Maurejasi inessive Maurissasi Maureissasi elative Mauristasi Maureistasi illative Mauriisi Maureihisi adessive Maurillasi Maureillasi ablative Mauriltasi Maureiltasi allative Maurillesi Maureillesi essive Maurinasi Maureinasi translative Mauriksesi Maureiksesi abessive Maurittasi Maureittasi instructive — — comitative — Maureinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Maurimme Maurimme accusative nom. Maurimme Maurimme gen. Maurimme genitive Maurimme Mauriemme partitive Mauriamme Maurejamme inessive Maurissamme Maureissamme elative Mauristamme Maureistamme illative Mauriimme Maureihimme adessive Maurillamme Maureillamme ablative Mauriltamme Maureiltamme allative Maurillemme Maureillemme essive Maurinamme Maureinamme translative Mauriksemme Maureiksemme abessive Maurittamme Maureittamme instructive — — comitative — Maureinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Maurinne Maurinne accusative nom. Maurinne Maurinne gen. Maurinne genitive Maurinne Maurienne partitive Maurianne Maurejanne inessive Maurissanne Maureissanne elative Mauristanne Maureistanne illative Mauriinne Maureihinne adessive Maurillanne Maureillanne ablative Mauriltanne Maureiltanne allative Maurillenne Maureillenne essive Maurinanne Maureinanne translative Mauriksenne Maureiksenne abessive Maurittanne Maureittanne instructive — — comitative — Maureinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Maurinsa Maurinsa accusative nom. Maurinsa Maurinsa gen. Maurinsa genitive Maurinsa Mauriensa partitive Mauriaan Mauriansa Maurejaan Maurejansa inessive Maurissaan Maurissansa Maureissaan Maureissansa elative Mauristaan Mauristansa Maureistaan Maureistansa illative Mauriinsa Maureihinsa adessive Maurillaan Maurillansa Maureillaan Maureillansa ablative Mauriltaan Mauriltansa Maureiltaan Maureiltansa allative Maurilleen Maurillensa Maureilleen Maureillensa essive Maurinaan Maurinansa Maureinaan Maureinansa translative Maurikseen Mauriksensa Maureikseen Maureiksensa abessive Maurittaan Maurittansa Maureittaan Maureittansa instructive — — comitative — Maureineen Maureinensa

Statistics

• Mauri is the 104^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 6,721 male individuals (and as a middle name to 1,803 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Anagrams

• muria, rumia

Italian

Etymology

Patronymic of Mauro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaw.ri/
• Rhymes: -awri
• Hyphenation: Màu‧ri

Proper noun

Mauri m or f by sense

1. a surname

Anagrams

• murai

Latin

Noun

Maurī

1. inflection of Maurus:
   1. nominative/vocative plural
   2. genitive singular

References

• “Mauri”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Mauri”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.