Maximo

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Máximo in DO Dominican Republic, CO Colombia.

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 19 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◐

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

• a separate given name11K records spelled Maximo3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ecuador, United States, Bolivia, Spain

  Also written Máximo, Màximo

• Catalan given name10K records spelled Maximo2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain

  Also written Máximo

• Lao given name2.1K records spelled Maximo5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Peru, Thailand, United States

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Máximo, Màximo

• Swahili given name1.9K records spelled Maximo4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, United States, Philippines, Spain

  Also written Máximo

• Indonesian given name1.6K records spelled Maximo4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, Philippines, Indonesia, United States

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Máximo

• Italian given name996 records spelled Maximo3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, United States, Spain, Italy

  Also written Máximo, Maximó

49 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●

Maximo 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.

• From Latin maximus ‘greatest’,

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In Latin, dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of maximus

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Interlingua, maximum

  as a word·kaikki.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.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 125 years between 1900–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Maximus I of Constantinopleb. 350EGnot in their usual namearchbishop of Constantinople in 380
• Máximo Gómez Báezb. 1836DOCuban-dominican Major General (1836-1905)
• Ángel Sanz Brizb. 1910ESnot in their usual nameSpanish diplomat (1910-1980)
• Max Manusb. 1914NOnot in their usual nameNorwegian resistance fighter during the Second World War, author and business manager (1914–1996)
• Max Laurelb. 1945PHnot in their usual nameFilipino actor
• Juan Reynosob. 1969PEnot in their usual namePeruvian former soccer player and coach
• Máximo Kirchnerb. 1977ARArgentine politician
• Máximo Gonzálezb. 1983ARArgentine tennis player (born 1983)
• Máximo Banguerab. 1985ECEcuadorian footballer
• Máximo Perroneb. 2003ARArgentinian football player

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 · 776 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Maximo?

We estimate roughly 50 thousand people bear Maximo (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Maximo have the most bearers?

Maximo is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled maximo.

How common is Maximo compared with other names?

In Argentina, Maximo is the 256th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Maximo a male or female name?

Maximo 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 Maximo mean?

Recorded meaning: from the personal name Maximo (Latin Maximus ‘greatest’, superlative of magnus ‘great’), home by a number of early Christian saints.