Moritz: Name Meaning, Origin, Popularity, & Inspiration - FamilyEducation

Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

Latin : Dark-skinned; like a Moor
Italian : Dark

Boy name variations

How Popular Is The Name Moritz

Family name origins & meanings

German, Dutch, Danish and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from the personal name Moritz, a variant of Mauritz (see Morris). Among Jews it was sometimes assumed as a surname by bearers of the personal name Moses, as the two names have some phonetic similarity.