Maximus

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 20 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◐

Maximus is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name7.8K records spelled Maximus54 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Argentina, Peru, Brazil, United States

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, English

  Also written Maximo, Máximo, Màximo, MÃximo, Maxímo

• Polish given name829 records spelled Maximus6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Czechia, United States

  Languages: Polish, Czech

  Also written Mâxîmûš, Maxìmuš, Mâxïmûš

• Indonesian given name726 records spelled Maximus3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, United States, Philippines

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Máximus

• Italian given name413 records spelled Maximus50 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, Spain, Brazil

  Languages: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Massimo, מאסימו, Mássimo, ማሲሞ, Masimo

58 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●

Maximus is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, Latin maximus 'greatest'

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

• In Latin, Superlative degree of magnus: greatest (in various senses):

  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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 29 years between 1997–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Pope Maximus of Alexandriab. 250EGPatriarch of Alexandria from 264 to 282
• Maximusb. 600ES6th century Catholic bishop of Zaragoza, Hispania
• Maksym Kovalenkob. 1982UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian chemist
• Max Kidrukb. 1984UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian writer
• Maksym Radziwillb. 1988CAnot in their usual nameCanadian and Polish mathematician
• Max Freegrantb. 1989UAnot in their usual namemusician
• Maksym Kowalb. 1991CAnot in their usual nameassociation football player
• Maksym Kahalb. 1991UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian kickboxer
• Drevob. 2001UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian singer
• Bryce Jamesb. 2007USnot in their usual nameAmerican basketball player (born 2007)

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 · 331 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Maximus?

We estimate roughly 26 thousand people bear Maximus (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Maximus have the most bearers?

We estimate about 23 thousand people bear Maximus in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled maximus.

Where is Maximus most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Maximus is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 8.9 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

Is Maximus a male or female name?

Maximus 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 Maximus mean?

Recorded meaning: Maximus är ett latinskt namn som betyder ’den störste’.