Moritz (name)
Moritz is a male first name and family name .
variants
Moriz is an archaic form .
The French form of the name is Maurice or Maurine, the Dutch and Swedish Maurits , the Hungarian Móric or Mór, the Italian Maurizio and the Spanish Mauricio, the Icelandic Mórits , the English Morris , the Polish Maurycy, and the Rhaeto-Romanic Murez or Murezzan . The Serbian variant Maric is used as a family name. An old subsidiary form in Germany and Scandinavia is Mauritz . Another form is Mauritia .
Origin and meaning
Moritz is the Germanized form of the Latin Mauritius , the name of one of the most popular saints , usually portrayed as black. This name is an extension of the Latin Maurus , which stands for Moor or Moor . This in turn is a loan word from the Greek, where maurós (μαυρός) simply means "black".
name day
Mauritius September 22nd
Name bearer
Ruler
- Moritz von Montreal († after 1153, before 1161), Lord of Oultrejordain
- Moritz II. (Oldenburg) (documented evidence 1381–1420)
- Moritz (Saxony) (1521–1553), duke
- Moritz von Ortenburg († 1551), Bavarian politician in the 16th century
- Moritz (Sachsen-Lauenburg) (1551–1612), Duke of Sachsen-Lauenburg
- Moritz (Orange) (1567–1625), governor of Holland
- Moritz (Hessen-Kassel) (1572–1632), Landgrave
- Johann Moritz von Nassau-Siegen (1604–1679), Prince
- Moritz (Saxony-Zeitz) (1619–1681), Duke
- Moritz (Bentheim-Tecklenburg) (1615–1674), Count
- Moritz Heinrich (Nassau-Hadamar) (1626–1679), Count
- Moritz Ludwig I of Nassau-LaLecq (1631–1683), Lord
- Moritz Ludwig II of Nassau-LaLecq (1670–1740), Mr.
- Moritz Wilhelm (Sachsen-Zeitz) (1664–1718), Duke
- Moritz Graf von Sachsen (1696–1750), German general and war theorist
- Moritz von Anhalt-Dessau (1712–1760), Prussian field marshal
- Moritz zu Salm-Kyrburg (1761–1813), regent of Salm-Kyrburg
- Moritz von Sachsen-Altenburg (1829–1907), Prince of Sachsen-Altenburg and Prussian general of the cavalry
- Moritz II of Dietrichstein-Proskau-Leslie (1801-1852)
- Moritz von Hanau-Hořovice (1834–1889), 1st Prince of Hanau
First name Moritz
- Moritz Barkow (* 1988), German handball player
- Moritz Bleibtreu (* 1971), German actor
- Moritz Böhringer (* 1993), German American football player
- Moritz Bräuninger (1836–1860), German missionary, possibly martyr
- Moritz von Büren (1604–1661), baron
- Moritz Bürkner (* 1983), German actor
- Moritz Grenzebach (* 1979), German film producer
- Moritz Heidegger (1932–1956), Liechtenstein bobsledder
- Moritz von Hessen (1926–2013), German entrepreneur, head of the House of Hesse
- Moritz Freiherr Knigge (* 1968), German management consultant and behavior expert of modern times
- Moritz Krieter (* 1994), German handball player
- Moritz Lauwereyns (* 1994), Belgian pool player
- Moritz Leitner (* 1992), German-Austrian soccer player
- Moritz Leuenberger (* 1946), Swiss Federal Councilor
- Moritz Rinke (* 1967), German playwright
- Moritz A. Sachs (* 1978), German actor
- Moritz Schmid (1733–1818), German provost
- Moritz von Schwind (1804–1871), Austrian painter and draftsman
- Moritz Veit (1808–1864), German author, publisher and politician
- Moritz Volz (* 1983), German soccer player
- Moritz Zielke (* 1973), German actor
Mauritz
- Mauritz Stiller (1883–1928), Swedish silent film director
- Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt (1757–1814), Finnish-Swedish statesman, military and diplomat
- Renny Lauri Mauritz Harjola (* 1959), Finnish director
Mór
- Mór Jókai ( Jókay Móricz; 1825–1904), Hungarian writer
family name
- André Moritz (* 1986), Brazilian soccer player
- Andreas Moritz (provost) , also Mauritius (1559–1631), German Protestant pastor and provost
- Andreas Moritz (poet) (1768–1831), German craftsman and dialect poet
- Andreas Moritz (silversmith) (1901–1983), German silversmith and university professor
- Andreas Moritz (veterinarian) (* 1961), German veterinarian and university professor
- Arne Moritz (* 1969), German politician (CDU)
- Ben-Luca Moritz (* 2000), German soccer player
- Bernhard Moritz (1859–1939), German orientalist
- Berthold Moritz (1875–1939), member of the German minority in the Sejm
- CT Moritz ( Carl Theodor Moritz ; around 1772–1834), German composer
- Carl Moritz (architect) (1863–1944), German architect and real estate entrepreneur
- Carl Wilhelm Moritz (1810–1855), German instrument maker
- César Moritz (* 1948), Brazilian politician
- Christoph Moritz (* 1990), German soccer player
- Conrad Moritz (1787–1881), Prussian district administrator
- Cordula Bölling-Moritz (1919–1995), German journalist and writer
- Detlev Holland-Moritz (* 1954), German writer
- Dieter Moritz (* 1938), German soccer player
- Dirk Moritz (* 1979), German actor
- Dorothea Moritz (1932-2017), German actress
- Franz-Joseph Moritz (1839–1914), German bank manager and politician
- Friedrich Moritz (internist) (1861–1938), German internist
- Friedrich Alexander Moritz (1786–1852), district administrator in the district of Zell (Mosel)
- Friedrich Ferdinand Moritz (1866–1947), Baltic German painter
- Friedrich Gottlieb Moritz (1769–1833), Baltic German clergyman, teacher and author
- Gabriele Haug-Moritz (* 1959), German historian
- Halvar Moritz (1906–1993), Swedish cross-country skier
- Hans Moritz (theologian) (1926–2017), German theologian and university professor
- Hans-Dieter Moritz (* 1940), German politician (SPD)
- Hans-Ulrich Moritz (* 1952), German chemist and university professor
- Harald Moritz (* 1957), German politician
- Heinrich Moritz (actor) (actually Heinrich Mürenberg ; 1800–1868), German actor and director
- Heinrich Moritz (Metallurg) (1901 – after 1962), German metallurgist and politician (GDR CDU)
- Helmut Moritz (* 1933), Austrian geodesist
- Herbert Moritz (1927-2018), Austrian journalist and politician (SPÖ)
- Herwart Holland-Moritz , real name of Wau Holland (1951-2001), German journalist and computer activist
- Johann Moritz (Nassau-Siegen) (1604–1679), Dutch field marshal
- Johann Anton Moritz (1758–1820), German lawyer and politician
- Johann Gottfried Moritz (1777–1840), German instrument maker
- Johann Wilhelm Karl Moritz (1797–1866), German botanist
- Jonathan Moritz (* 1977), American saxophonist
- Josef Moritz (1845–1922), German farmer and politician, MdR
- Kai Christian Moritz (* 1976), German actor
- Karl Philipp Moritz (1756–1793), German writer
- Klaus Moritz (graphic artist) (1930–2016), German painter and graphic artist
- Klaus Moritz (lawyer) (* 1944), German legal scholar
- Kurt Moritz (1902–1973), German criminal police officer and secret service employee
- Lothar Moritz (* 1943), German politician (GDR CDU)
- Ludwig Alfred Moritz (1921–2003), British classical philologist of German origin
- Ludwig Wilhelm Moritz (1777–1830), Baltic German pastor and local researcher
- Manfred Moritz (1909–1990), German-Swedish philosopher
- Maria Moritz (1892–1957), German politician (KPD)
- Marie Elisabeth Moritz (1860–1925), German painter
- Mathias Moritz (* 1988), German soccer goalkeeper
- Michael Moritz (* 1968), German actor and writer
- Monika Breuch-Moritz (* 1953), German meteorologist
- Neal H. Moritz (* 1959), American film producer
- Patrick Moritz (* 1977), German soccer player
- Philipp Moritz (handball player) (* 1994), Austrian handball player
- Rainer Moritz (* 1958), German Germanist and literary critic
- Ralf Moritz (* 1941), German sinologist
- Reiner E. Moritz (* 1938), German film entrepreneur
- Reinhold G. Moritz (* 1966), Austrian actor
- Renate Holland-Moritz (1935–2017), German writer, journalist and film critic
- Robin FA Moritz (* 1952), biologist and ecologist
- Sabine Moritz (* 1969), German painter and graphic artist
- Sema Moritz , German-Turkish singer
- Theodore L. Moritz (1892–1982), American politician
- Ulla Moritz , German film actress
- Ulrich Moritz (draftsman) (* 1949), German draftsman, cultural scientist and art historian
- Ulrich Moritz (musician) (* 1953), German music and rhythm teacher, composer and percussionist
- Verena Moritz (* 1969), Austrian historian
- Waldemar Moritz (1870–1948), German administrative officer
- Werner Moritz (1928–1967), German educator
- Wilhelm Moritz (fighter pilot) (1913-2010), German fighter pilot
- Wilhelm Christian Friedrich Moritz (1773–1850), German major general
- Willy Moritz (1892–1960), German politician (SPD)