Maury

Where Maury comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Maury.

  • Vowel-ended
Maury through the years
  1. 1889
    Debut at its peak, #789
    #789 among boys with 7 babies in the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1890
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1939
    Maury Povich born
    American television personality
  4. 1949
    Maury Chaykin born
    American actor
  5. 1985
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Maurice.
Namesakes
  • Maury Povich · American television personality, born 1939
  • Maury Chaykin · American actor, 1949–2010
  • Maury Sterling · American actor, born 1971
  • Maury Maverick · American politician, 1895–1954
  • Maury Wills · American baseball player and manager, 1932–2022

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.