Maximilian

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Maximilian is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Polish given name24K records spelled Maximilian58 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Russia, Czechia, Ukraine

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Czech

  Also written Maksymilian, Максимилиан, Максимильян, Максиміліан, Maksimilian

• Spanish given name23K records spelled Maximilian8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Peru, United States, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

  Also written Maximilián, Maximílian, Maximilían

• French given name6.5K records spelled Maximilian4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Belgium

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Maximilïan, Màximiliàn

• a separate given name3.9K records spelled Maximilian3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Netherlands

  Also written Maximilián, Maximílian

• Romanian given name1.0K records spelled Maximilian2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Moldova, Romania, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Maximillian

• Croatian given name1.0K records spelled Maximilian28 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Slovenia, North Macedonia, Bulgaria

  Languages: Croatian, Hungarian, Bulgarian

  Also written Maksimilijan, Maksimilian, Максимилијан, Максимилиан, Maximilien

50 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Maximilian is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, männl. Vom., der auf die vulgär­ lateinische Form (Maximilianus) des römi­ schen Beinamens Maximillianus, einer Bil­ dung zu lat. mäximus »der

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In English, Latin: greatest

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• from Latin. See main dictionary.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

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.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 82 years between 1907–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Maximilian Ib. 1459ATHoly Roman Emperor (1459-1519)
• Maximilian IIb. 1527ATKing of the Romans, King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia (1527-1576)
• Max Liebermannb. 1847DEnot in their usual nameGerman painter (1847–1935)
• Max von Laueb. 1879DEnot in their usual nameGerman physicist, Nobel laureate and anti-Nazi (1879–1960)
• Max Bornb. 1882GBnot in their usual nameGerman-Jewish physicist and mathematician (1882–1970)
• Max Beckmannb. 1884DEnot in their usual nameGerman painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor and writer (1884–1950)
• Max Euweb. 1901NLnot in their usual nameDutch chess player and mathematician
• Wernher von Braunb. 1912USnot in their usual nameGerman and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)
• Maximilian Schellb. 1930ATSwiss and Austrian film and stage actor (1930–2014)
• Robbie Williamsb. 1974GBnot in their usual nameBritish singer (born 1974)

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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 781 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Maximilian?

We estimate roughly 41 thousand people bear Maximilian (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Maximilian have the most bearers?

Maximilian is most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is most often spelled maximilian.

How common is Maximilian compared with other names?

In Germany, Maximilian is the 193rd most common given name of 154,506 given names recorded there.

Is Maximilian a male or female name?

Maximilian is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Maximilian mean?

Recorded meaning: a male given name, popular currently in Germany