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Maximus - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Maximus

[ syll. ma-xi-mus, max-im-us ] The boy name Maximus is pronounced MAEKSMahS KEY. Maximus' origin is Latin, and its use, English. Maximus is a form of the German, Russian, Czech, and French Maxim.

Maximus is popular as a baby boy name, and it is also viewed as trendy. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only very light use. At the modest height of its usage in 2008, 0.062% of baby boys were given the name Maximus. It had a ranking of #258 then. Within all boy names in its family, Maximus was the most popular in 2008. Maximus was 4 times more regularly used than the next ranked name, the German, Russian, Czech, and French Maxim, in that year.

Baby names that sound like Maximus include the Irish Maghnus, the English, German, and Scandinavian Magnus, the French Maxence, the Greek Maximos, the Scandinavian Mogens, the English and Scottish Mac Kenzie, the English MacKensie, the English Mackensie, the English and Scottish Mackenzie, the Polish Makimus, the Russian Maksimka, the English McKenzie, and the English and Scottish Mckenzie.

KEY: approx pronunciation for Maximus: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"


 
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