Across the world, Moritz (Moritz 
, מוריץ 
, Мориц 
, among others...) is a common masculine first name. The first name Moritz is habitual in Austria, where it is quite a common boy's name, Germany, and Israel. Also, Moritz is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Moritz | Germany, Austria, United States, France, Brazil |
| מוריץ | Israel |
| Мориц | Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Estonia, Ukraine |
Moritz is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Moritz von Sachsen , the operatic character in the operetta Adrienne; Moritz Benayoun , character in Maps and Legends; Moritz Sperling , the fictional character from Lindenstraße; Moritz Eisner , the fictional character, Tatort and Moritz von Schwind , the operatic character in the opera Das Dreimäderlhaus, and in many other works.
| moritz i. DE (b. 1145) |
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| moritz iii. von oldenburg Peerage person ID=8317, DE (b. 1350) |
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moritz ensinger German builder, CH (b. 1430) |
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| moritz ii. Peerage person ID=8297, DE (b. 1381) |
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| moritz von spiegelberg German clergyman (b. 1406) |
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moritz ebeling DE (b. 1450) |
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| moritz German politician, DE (b. 1418) |
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| moritz iii. von oldenburg German canon, DE (b. 1428) |
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moritz von hutten German bishop, DE (b. 1503) |
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| moritz loff (b. 1450) |
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| moritz gartenhauser CH (b. 1450) |
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moritz von sachsen Duke of Saxony and later Elector of Saxony (1521-1553), DE (b. 1521) |
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moritz heling German theologian (1522-1595), DE (b. 1522) |
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| moritz goltz German publisher, DE (b. 1495) |
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| moritz brandis German printer, DE (b. 1500) |
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