Fitzmaurice
title: "Fitzmaurice" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["patronymic-surnames", "surnames-derived-from-given-names"] topic_path: "general/patronymic-surnames" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzmaurice" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | FitzMaurice |
| image | [[File:FitzGerald arms.svg |
| meaning | "Son of Maurice" |
| region | Ireland |
| variant | FitzMaurice |
| Fitz-Maurice | |
| Fitzmorris | |
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| name =FitzMaurice
|image= [[File:FitzGerald arms.svg|43px]] [[File:Fitzmaurice_Coat_of_Arms_1.png|40px]]
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|caption=
| pronunciation =
| meaning ="Son of Maurice"
| region = Ireland
| origin =
| variant =FitzMaurice
Fitz-Maurice
Fitzmorris
| footnotes =
Fitzmaurice is a Hiberno-Norman, Cambro-Norman, Anglo-Norman surname. It is patronymic as the prefix Fitz- derives from the Latin* filius*, meaning "son of".
| editor-last=Cokayne
| editor-first=George Edward
| year=1890
| title=Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant (D to F)
| volume=3
| edition=1st
| page=358
| location=London
| publisher=George Bell & Sons
| url=http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/u?/FH18,38054
| access-date=27 December 2011}}
According to Irish genealogist Edward MacLysaght:
Fitzmaurice is uncommon as a given name.
Surname
Notable people with the surname Fitzmaurice include:
- The family of the Earls of Kildare [[File:FitzGerald arms.svg|15px]] | Earls of Kerry [[File:Fitzmaurice_Coat_of_Arms_1.png|15px]] | Earls of Leinster [[File:FitzGerald arms.svg|15px]] | Earls of Desmond [[File:Fitzmaurice_Coat_of_Arms_1.png|15px]]. Progenitors of the famous Irish family The Geraldines
- Caroline Fitzmaurice, née Fitzgerald (1865–1911), poet, wife of Edmond Fitzmaurice, 1st Baron Fitzmaurice
- Catherine Fitzmaurice, actress and voice specialist, taught at the Juilliard's Drama Division, Yale and Harvard
- Deanne Fitzmaurice, Pulitzer Prize winning American photographer
- Éamonn Fitzmaurice (born 1977), Gaelic footballer with Kerry GAA
- Edmond Fitzmaurice, 1st Baron Fitzmaurice (1846–1935), British Liberal politician, managed estate of the royal family
- Edmond John Fitzmaurice (1881–1962), Catholic bishop of Wilmington, Chancellor of Philadelphia
- George Fitzmaurice (1885–1940), American film director
- George Fitzmaurice (writer) (1877–1963), Irish dramatist and writer for The Dublin Magazine
- Gerald FitzMaurice, 1st Lord of Offaly [[File:FitzGerald arms.svg|15px]], (died c. 1221) progenitor of Earls of Kildare and Leinster
- Gerald Fitzmaurice (1901–1982), English barrister and judge, on International Court of Justice and European Court of Human Rights
- James Fitzmaurice (1898–1965), Irish aviation pioneer
- James FitzMaurice FitzGerald [[File:Fitzmaurice_Coat_of_Arms_1.png|15px]] (died 1579), leader of the Desmond Rebellions
- John Edmund Fitzmaurice (1839 – 1920), American Catholic bishop of the Erie in Pennsylvania
- John Fitzmaurice (writer) (1947–2003), English author, secretary of the Brussels Labour Party
- John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne [[File:FitzGerald arms.svg|15px]] aka John FitzMaurice (1706–1761), Anglo-Irish and politician.
- Leo Fitzmaurice (born 1963), British artist
- Lewis Roper Fitzmaurice (1816–1893), surveyor on HMS Beagle; Fitzmaurice River named for him
- Martin Fitzmaurice (1940–2016), English darts personality
- Maurice Fitzmaurice (1861–1924), Irish civil engineer on London County Council
- Maurice Swynfen Fitzmaurice (1870–1927), Royal Navy officer whose ship was sunk by a submarine
- Michael Fitzmaurice (actor) (1908–1967), American radio actor, played "Superman"
- Michael John Fitzmaurice (born 1950), US Army soldier in Vietnam
- Neil Fitzmaurice (born 1969), British writer and actor
- Susan Fitzmaurice (born 1959), British linguist at University of Sheffield
- Thomas FitzMaurice FitzGerald [[File:Fitzmaurice_Coat_of_Arms_1.png|15px]] 1st Baron of Kerry (died c. 1209) progenitor of Earls of Desmond
- William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, born William Fitzmaurice (1737–1805), British Prime Minister
- Tom Fitzmaurice (1898–1977), Australian rules footballer with Geelong
- Earls of Orkney from 1791 to 1998:
- Mary FitzMaurice, 4th Countess of Orkney (1755–1831), daughter of Murrough O'Brien, 1st Marquess of Thomond
- Thomas FitzMaurice, 5th Earl of Orkney (1803–1877), grandnephew of William Petty Fitzmaurice
- George FitzMaurice, 6th Earl of Orkney (1827–1889), with 71st Highlanders and 92nd Regiment
- Edmond FitzMaurice, 7th Earl of Orkney (1867–1951)
- Cecil FitzMaurice, 8th Earl of Orkney (1919–1998), with Royal Army Service Corps in WWII and Korea
References
References
- "FITZMAURICE Surname Group". irishgen.com.
- "FITZMAURICE Surname Group". irishgen.com.
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