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Μάξιμος
“the greatest”
Μάξιμος (Máximos) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Latin. It is used in Greek and Ancient Greek.
Ancient Greek and GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Maximus.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Μάξιμος is Maximos written in the Greek alphabet. Maximos is a variant of Maximilian. One Latin interpretation is “the greatest.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Μάξιμος comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Latin.
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How it developed
In Greek usage, Μάξιμος developed from Maximus.
Μάξιμος’s family of names
In Greek usage, Μάξιμος has a feminine form in Μάξιμη. In Ancient Greek usage, Μάξιμος was borrowed from the Latin form Maximus. In Ancient Greek usage, Μάξιμος can be written in the Roman alphabet as Mắxĭmos.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Μάξιμος has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Μάξιμος comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Μάξιμος
- Maximos V HakimMelkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch (1908–2001)
- Maximos IV SayeghMelkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch (1878–1967)
- Maximus III of ConstantinopleGreek historian1450–1482
- Maximus II of ConstantinoplePatriarch of Constantinople1150–1216
- Metropolitan Maximos VgenopoulosGreek Orthodox Metropolitan (1968-)
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