Given name · also Latin

Maksimas

Maksimas is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Old East Slavic. It is used in Lithuanian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Maksimas comes from Latin, and ultimately from Old East Slavic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Latin Maximus, from Old East Slavic Макси́мъ.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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The ring: across languages.

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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Maksimas

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Similar names

If you love Maksimas, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Slavic

Malnaș

“raspberry”

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Slavic

Mečislovas

“glory of the sword”

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>99% boys

Slavic

Miroslavas

“glorious peace”

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>99% boys

Latin

Maksencja

Maksencja is a given name from Latin. It is used in Polish.

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Slavic

Maslany

Maslany is a surname from Polish, ultimately from Proto-Slavic.

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Slavic

Markowitz

Markowitz is a surname from Slavic.

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Russian

Mazepin

Mazepin is a surname from Slavic, ultimately from Russian.

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Slavic

Magheru

“cook”

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Maksimas’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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