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In the world, Maure (Maur , Moor , Maurus ) is a common epicene given name. The forename Maure is characteristic of Tanzania, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Namibia, and Switzerland, where it is quite a rare dominantly masculine, but uncommonly female name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in India, Tanzania, and Pakistan. More frequently, Maure is the last name as well as the forename.
Maure is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Moor , the operatic character in the opera Faust (Spohr).