The Name Max

The boy’s name Maxwell is pronounced MAKS-wel. It is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Maxwell is “Mack’s stream“. Place name. Mack was probably based on the name Magnus (Latin) “great“. See also Mac. Editor Maxwell Perskins; playwright Maxwell Anderson.

Maxwell has 1 variant form: Maxwelle.

For more information, see also the related name Max.

Maxwell is a somewhat common first name for men (#695 out of 1220) and an even more common last name for both men and women (#404 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

MAXIMILIAN

Gender: Masculine

Usage: German, English, Scandinavian

Pronounced: mahk-see-MEE-lee-ahn (German), mak-si-MIL-ee-ən (English), mak-si-MIL-yən (English)  [key]

From the Roman name Maximilianus, which was derived from MAXIMUS. It was borne by a 3rd-century saint and martyr. In the 15th century the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III gave this name to his son and eventual heir. In this case it was a blend of the names of the Roman generals Fabius Maximus and Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus, who Frederick admired. It was subsequently borne by a second Holy Roman Emperor, two kings of Bavaria, and a short-lived Habsburg emperor of Mexico.

The boy’s name Maximilian  is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Maximilian is “greatest“. The name of three Roman emperors and various saints. The name is popular in Germany. Actor Maximilian Schell.

Maximilian has 26 variant forms: Mac, Mack, Maks, Maksim, Maksym, Maksymilian, Massimiliano, Massimo, Max, Maxey, Maxemilian, Maxemilion, Maxie, Maxim, Maxime, Maximilian, Maximiliano, Maximilianus, Maximilien, Maximillian, Maximino, Maximo, Maximos, Maxy, Maxymilian and Maxymillian.

Saints

• Maximilian (martyr), a 3rd century Christian martyr
• Maximilian of Lorch, a Christian bishop and martyr
• Maximilian of Antioch, a Christian martyr under Julian the Apostate
• Maximilian Kolbe, 20th century Christian martyr

Monarchs

• Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459–1519)
• Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
• Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria
• Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria
• Maximilian III, Elector of Bavaria
• Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
• Maximilian II of Bavaria
• Prince Maximilian of Baden
• Maximilian I of Mexico, Emperor of Mexico

Others

Other bearers of the first name Maximilian:

• Maximilian Schell, an actor
• Maximilianus Transylvanus (Maximilian von Sevenborg), sixteenth-century author
• Maximilian Robespierre, a figure in the French Revolution
• King Maximillian Acorn, a fictional character from the Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon series and comic book
• Tsar Maximilian, the hero of the eponymous Russian folk-play
• Maximillian Arturo, a fictional character on Sliders
• Maximilian Pegasus, a fictional character on Yu-Gi-Oh
• Maximillian Skinner, the main (fictional) character in A Good Year
• Maximillian (robot), a robot from the 1979 Disney motion picture, The Black Hole
• Maximillian, the main character in the PlayStation 2 video game Dark Cloud 2
• Maximillian Edward-Lloyd Jones actor The Sandlot 2
• Maximillian Faversham, a character in the radio comedy The Penny Dreadfuls Present…
• Maximilian, a name under which American musician Max Crook is credited for his contribution to recordings

As a pseudonym

• Maximillian or Max Schmeling, a German boxer
• Maximilian, the recording pseudonym of 1960s pop instrumentalist Max Crook

Maxwell

Maxwell may refer to:

People

Surname

• Maxwell (surname), origin of the name, list of people with the surname.

Given name

• Maxwell Kogon, (1920–1980), a Canadian RCAF bomber pilot who was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross during World War II.

Fictional people

• Duo Maxwell, a gundam pilot from Gundam Wing
• Enrico Maxwell, an archbishop from Hellsing
• Maxwell Edison of the song “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer“
• Maxwell Q. Klinger, character from the M*A*S*H TV series
• Maxwell Lord, a DC Comics business man and leader of the Justice League turned villain
• Maxwell Sheffield, the male lead of the long-running television sitcom The Nanny
• Maxwell Smart, also known as Agent 86, from the TV show Get Smart
• Maxwell, the protagonist of the video game Scribblenauts

Places

New Zealand

• Maxwell, New Zealand

United Kingdom

• Maxwelltown, Scotland

United States

• Maxwell, California
• Maxwell, Indiana, in Hancock County
• Maxwell, Morgan County, Indiana
• Maxwell, Iowa
• Maxwell, Nebraska
• Maxwell, New Mexico
• Maxwell, Texas
• Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama

Venus

• Maxwell Montes, the highest mountain on Venus

Asia

• Maxwell Hill, a hill in Perak, Malaysia(also known as Bukit Larut)

 Other

• Maxwell (unit), the cgs unit of magnetic flux
• Maxwell automobile, an early 20th-century brand of motor car
• Maxwell Award, presented by the Maxwell Football Club for the American football College Player of the Year
• Maxwell bridge, a bridge circuit
• Maxwell House, a brand of coffee
• Maxwell House Hotel, formerly in Nashville, Tennessee
• Maxwell International Bahá’í School, Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia, Canada
• Maxwell relation, a set of equations in thermodynamics
• Maxwell’s, a music club in Hoboken, New Jersey
• Maxwell’s equations, a set of equations that describe the behavior of electric and magnetic fields
• “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer“, a song by The Beatles
• Maxwell School, a Malaysian secondary school
• Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, a graduate school in Syracuse University
• Maxwell Street, a Chicago, Illinois street famous for its blues music and black culture
• Maxwell Technologies, a producer of ultracapacitors, microelectronics and high voltage modern energy storage solutions

Origin of the name Maxwell:

Transferred use of the Scottish surname originating from a place-name derived from the name Maccus (great) and the Old English wielle (spring, pool) or wella (stream). The name was indicative of one who dwelled at Maccus’ spring or the stream of Maccus.

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The Name Game: Mad About Max!

It’s hard to find a hotter name for boys than Max, and for good reason. Meaning ‘greatest’ in its traditional Latin form of Maximus, nameberry.com co-developer Pamela Redmond Satran says that Max is “unpretentious and friendly but also sounds cool.”

Maybe that’s why celebrity moms and dads have been choosing the moniker in droves. Charlie Sheen, Gilbert Gottfried, Christina Aguilera, Lance Armstrong, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, Ryan and Trista Sutter and more have all been mad about various forms of Max in recent years, and they’re just the latest celebrity generation to lend it their stamp of approval. Seasoned stars like Dustin Hoffman, Henry Winkler, Steven Spielberg, Nora Ephron and Carl Bernstein all opted for Max with their (now grown) children.

It is a name that has stood the test of time in more ways than one! Pamela explains,

“Saint Maximus was a 7th century monk and theologian from Constantinople. Maximilian grew out of Maximus and has been born by saints, kings and emperors.”

While the name Maxwell — as chosen by Bachelorette alums the Sutters and cyclist Lance Armstrong — has “a somewhat different root,” according to Pamela, it does have a similar meaning. An old Scottish name standing for ‘Mack’s stream,” Maxwell derives from the Scandinavian ‘Magnus’ — a name selected by both Will Ferrell and Kristy Swanson — which also means “great.” All forms of the name are on the rise. According to nameberry.com, in 2008 Max ranked #126, Maxwell ranked #134, Maximus ranked #258 and Maximilian ranked #300. Adds Pamela,

“Taken all together, there were nearly 9000 boys in the US given the name last year, which puts it in the Top 50, right between Jordan and Robert – much more popular than it seems!”

MAXIMUS

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Ancient Roman

Roman family name which was derived from Latin maximus “greatest”. Saint Maximus was a monk and theologian from Constantinople in the 7th century.

Romans

• Maximus, a lieutenant or governor under Valens in Moesia, immediately prior to the Gothic Wars
• Tiberius Claudius Maximus, a Roman soldier
• Maximus (praefectus urbi), a praefectus urbi of Rome in 361–362
• Maximus of Hispania (409–411), a Roman usurper
• Maximus (Bishop of Zaragoza)
• Magnus Maximus (383–388), a Roman usurper

 Authors and philosophers

• Claudius Maximus, a 2nd-century Stoic philosopher and teacher of Marcus Aurelius
• Ibn Arabi, a Muslim mystic and philosopher also called Doctor Maximus
• Magnus Maximus, an Imperial claimant in the West, 383–88
• Maximus of Tyre, a 2nd-century Greek philosopher and rhetorician
• Maximus of Ephesus, a 4th-century philosopher
• Maximus Planudes, a Byzantine grammarian and theologian
• Maximus the Confessor, a 7th-century Christian theologian
• Valerius Maximus, a 1st-century writer and historian

 Saints

• Maximus of Aveia or Maximus of Aquila (d. c. 250)
• Maximus of Naples (d. 361)
• Maximus of Évreux (d. c. 384)
• Maximus of Turin (c. 380–c. 465)
• Maximus of Pavia (d. 511)
• Maximus the Confessor (c. 580–662)
• Maximus the Greek (c. 1475–1556)

 Fictional characters

• Maximus (comics), a Marvel Comics villain who frequently opposes the Fantastic Four and the Royal Family of the Inhumans
• Maximus Decimus Meridius, the main character in Ridley Scott’s film Gladiator (2000 film)
• Antillar Maximus, a character in Jim Butcher’s Codex Alera series
• Flattus Maximus, the lead guitarist of heavy metal act GWAR
• Fortress Maximus, a giant Autobot from the Transformers franchise
• Maximus Musicus, a the main character of a musical educational franchise of the same name