Given name & surname
Maxi
“the greatest”
In German use, Maxi is a short form of Maximilian. One Latin interpretation is “the greatest.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In German use, Maxi is a short form of Maximilian. One Latin interpretation is “the greatest.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In German use, Maxi is a short form of Maximilian. An origin associated with Maximilian is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In German use, Maxi is used as a shortened form of Maximilian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maxi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 309
- 167 boys · 142 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #7,503 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +73%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,503 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 652 as a first name in 2020; 452 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.
Maxi’s family of names
Maxi is a short form of Maximilian. Maxi has a related form in Max. Maxi has a related form in Maxine.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
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.
People named Maxi
- Maxi RodríguezArgentine association football playerborn 1981
- Maxi LópezArgentine association football playerborn 1984
- Maxi GómezUruguayan association football playerborn 1996
- Maxi GnauckEast German artistic gymnast (born 1964)
- Maxi MoralezArgentine footballerborn 1987
- Maxi IglesiasSpanish actorborn 1991
- Maxi KleberGerman basketball player (born 1992)
- Maxi HerberGerman figure skater (1920–2006)
- Maxi PriestBritish reggae/pop singerborn 1961
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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