Given name & surname
Maksym
“the greatest”
Maksym is a variant of Maximilian. One Latin interpretation is “the greatest.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Maksym is a variant of Maximilian. One Latin interpretation is “the greatest.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Maksym is a variant of Maximilian. An origin associated with Maximilian is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maksym through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 540
- 540 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 39 babies
- 2025
- 31
- #3,627 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +9%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 31 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,627 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 8.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 39 in 2014. In 2025, Illinois and New York shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (8 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,608 as a first name in 2020; 195 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Maksym’s family of names
Maksym has a related form in Maximilian. In Polish usage, Maksym has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Massimo. In Polish usage, Maksym has a conventional equivalent in the French form Maxime.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Maksym has relatives in 7 languages.
6 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Maximusequivalent
- MassimoItalian
- Maximequivalent
- Maksimequivalent
- MaximeFrench
- МаксимRussian, Bulgarian
- Maksymafeminine form
- MáximoGalician
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People named Maksym
- Maksym KalynychenkoUkrainian footballer (born 1979)
- Maxim BerezovskyUkrainian composer1745–1777
- Maksym KovalUkrainian footballerborn 1992
- Maks LevinUkrainian photojournalist1981–2022
- Maksym TalovierovUkrainian footballerborn 2000
- Maksym MalyshevUkrainian footballerborn 1992
- Maksym StrikhaUkrainian writerborn 1961
- Maksym BraharuUkrainian footballerborn 2002
- Maksym KhvorostUkrainian fencerborn 1982
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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