Maxwell

From the Scottish surname Maxwell meaning "Mack's stream", itself from the name Mack, a short form of the Scandinavian name Magnus, combined with Old English wille meaning "well, stream" [1] . A famous bearer of the surname was James Maxwell (1831-1879), a Scottish physicist who studied gases and electromagnetism.As a given name it has increased in popularity starting from the 1980s, likely because it is viewed as a full form of Max [2] .

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1. Black, George Fraser. The Surnames of Scotland. New York: New York Public Library, 1946, page 589.
2. Evans, Cleveland Kent. The Great Big Book of Baby Names. Publications International, 2006, page 221.

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