Given name · Russian · Ukrainian
Макс
“the greatest”
Макс (Maks) is a masculine given name from Ukrainian, ultimately from Latin. It is used in Russian and Ukrainian.
Russian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Maks.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Макс goes back to Latin maximus, meaning “the greatest.”
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Where it comes from
Макс comes from Ukrainian, and ultimately from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Макс’s family of names
In Russian usage, Макс is a diminutive of Максим. In Russian usage, Макс has a conventional equivalent in the French form Max. In Ukrainian usage, Макс can be written in the Roman alphabet as Maks.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Макс has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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