Given name & surname
Maxime
“the greatest”
Maxime is a variant of Maximilian. One Latin interpretation is “the greatest.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Maxime is a variant of Maximilian. One Latin interpretation is “the greatest.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Maxime 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 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maxime through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,153
- 1,098 boys · 55 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 47 babies
- 2025
- 21
- #4,810 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −23%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 21 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,810 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 20.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 40 in 2001. In 2025, California and New York shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (6 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,046 as a first name in 2020; 406 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.
Maxime’s family of names
In French usage, Maxime has a diminutive in Max. In French usage, Maxime shares a linguistic root with the Czech form Maxim. Maxime has a related form in Maxine.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Maxime has relatives in 12 languages.
11 related names in 12 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- MassimoItalian
- Maximcognate · Czech, English
- Maksimequivalent
- MaksymPolish
- Maximaequivalent
- Maimeequivalent
- МаксимRussian
- MáximoPortuguese, Spanish
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People named Maxime
- Maxime WeygandFrench general (1867–1965)
- Maxime Vachier-LagraveFrench chess playerborn 1990
- Maxime GonalonsFrench footballer (born 1989)
- Maxime BossisFrench football player and manager (born 1955)
- Maxime CrépeauCanadian soccer playerborn 1994
- Maxime RodinsonFrench historian, sociologist and orientalist (1915–2004)
- Maxime LestienneBelgian association football playerborn 1992
- Maxime LopezAlgerian and French footballerborn 1997
- Maxime VerhagenDutch former politicianborn 1956
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