Meurice
surname · Latin script
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 6 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/møʁis/(recorded in a dictionary) French · from Wiktionary
Meurice is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in France. Recorded meaning: Compare French Maurice.
- BEBelgium
- FRFrance
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Compare French Maurice.
Cited for this meaning 1
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Meurice is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Walloon, a male given name, equivalent to English Morris
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Paul Meuriceb. 1818FRFrench writer
- Joseph Meuriceb. 1896BEBelgian politician (1896-1972)
- Pedro Claro Meurice Estiub. 1932CURoman Catholic Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba (1932–2011)
- Jean-Michel Meuriceb. 1938FRFrench painter (1938–2022)
- François Froment-Meuriceb. 1949FRFrench official and politician
- Georges Meuriceb. 1950LULuxembourgian handball player
- Marc Froment-Meuriceb. 1953FRFrench philosopher (1953–2019)
- Guillaume Meuriceb. 1981FRFrench humorist
- Julien MeuriceFRFrench cinematographer
- Guillaume Meuriceresearcher in onco-immunology
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)11 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 729 | #1,944 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 667 | #2,162 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 216 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 187 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 185 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 173 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 171 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 160 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 151 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 134 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 116 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 115 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Meurice mean, and where does it come from?
- Compare French Maurice. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Meurice?
- In French /møʁis/ (Wiktionary).
- In which country does Meurice have the most bearers?
- Meurice is most frequently recorded in France.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Meurice”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.