Gender | Masculine |
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Language(s) | Irish |
Origin | |
Language(s) | Irish |
Derivation | muir + gus |
Meaning | "sea" + "choice" |
Other names | |
Anglicisation(s) | Maurice |
See also | Muiris |
Muirgheas (Post reform spelling: Muiríos) is a masculine given name in the Irish language. The name is composed of two elements: the first, muir, means "sea"; the second element, gus, means "choice". The name has been Anglicised to the etymologically unrelated Maurice. A contracted form of the name is Muiris (which is also a form of Maurice in Irish).[1]