Maximus

Gender Masculine
Pronounced Pron. /ˈmak.si.mus/ [key ·simplify]

Meaning & History

Roman cognomen meaning "greatest" [2] [3] . Saint Maximus was a monk and theologian from Constantinople in the 7th century.

Related Names

Rootmaximus
VariantMaxentius
DiminutiveMaximilianus
Feminine FormMaxima
Other Languages & CulturesMaksim, Maxim (Belarusian) Màxim, Max (Catalan) Maksimilijan (Croatian) Maxim, Max, Maxmilián (Czech) Max, Maximilian (Danish) Max, Maximiliaan (Dutch) Max, Maxie, Maximilian, Maximillian (English) Max (Finnish) Maxence, Maxime, Max, Maximilien (French) Maksime (Georgian) Max, Maxi, Maximilian (German) Maximilián, Miksa (Hungarian) Massimo, Massimiliano (Italian) Maksims (Latvian) Maksim (Macedonian) Max, Maximilian, Milian (Norwegian) Maksym, Maks, Maksymilian (Polish) Máximo, Maximiliano (Portuguese) Maksim, Maxim, Maks, Maksimilian, Max (Russian) Maximilián (Slovak) Maks, Maksimilijan (Slovene) Máximo, Maxi, Maximiliano (Spanish) Max, Maximilian, Milian (Swedish) Maksim, Maksym, Maxim, Maks (Ukrainian) Maxen (Welsh) Macsen (Welsh Mythology)

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classic mature formal upper class strong strange complex serious
  1. Kajanto, Iiro. The Latin Cognomina. Giorgio Bretschneider Editore, 1982, page 275.
  2. Kajanto, Iiro. The Latin Cognomina. Giorgio Bretschneider Editore, 1982, page 30.
  3. Lewis, Charlton T. and Charles Short. A Latin Dictionary, entry maximus, available from https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%3Aentry%3Dmaximus.

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