Given name
Maxence
“the greatest”
Maxence is a variant of Maxine. In English use, Maxine carries the interpretation “the greatest.”
Original FrenchMax
Meaning & origin
What it means
Maxence is a variant of Maxine. In English use, Maxine carries the interpretation “the greatest.”
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
Maxence through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 77
- 77 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #8,027 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,027 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Maxence’s family of names
In French usage, Maxence has a diminutive in Max. Maxence has a related form in Maxine. In French usage, Maxence has a short form in Max.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Maxence has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
Frenchwhere Maxence comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Maxence
- Maxence LacroixFrench footballer (born 2000)
- Maxence CaqueretFrench association football player (born 2000)
- Max ParrotCanadian snowboarderborn 1994
- Maxence Van der MeerschFrench writer (1907-1951)
- Maxence CaronFrench writer and philosopherborn 1976
- Maxence MuzatonFrench alpine skierborn 1990
- Maxence RiveraFrench association football playerborn 2002
- Maxence PrévotFrench association football playerborn 1997
- Maxence PerrinFrench actorborn 1995
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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