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Mauro

Male#465 most common in Croatia1,280 people in Croatia
Meaning:
Dark-skinned; Moor
Origin:
Latin

About the name Mauro

From Latin 'maurus' ('dark-skinned, Moor'). St. Maurus was a disciple of St. Benedict; the name is used in Istria and along the coast.

Name day and nicknames

Name day:
January 15 (sv. Maur)

Popularity with newborns

  • Boys · 2025 · 98 births · #45 that year
Position on the annual list
Mauro — Position on the annual list#41#42#43#44#45202320242025

Positions come from the annual top 50 published for each sex. A gap in the line means the name finished below 50th that year, not that no child was given it.

People with this name in Croatia

1,280 people in Croatia are called Mauro, according to the 2021 census. That is #465 among all the names in Imenko.

Where the name is found

Mauro is recorded in 12 of Croatia's 21 counties.

Bjelovarsko-bilogorskaDubrovačko-neretvanskaGrad ZagrebIstarskaKarlovačkaOsječko-baranjskaPrimorsko-goranskaSplitsko-dalmatinskaVaraždinskaZadarskaZagrebačkaŠibensko-kninska

Characteristics

ClassicReligiousInternationalRare

Sources

Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.