Given name
Maximina
“the greatest”
Maximina is a variant of Maxine. In English use, Maxine carries the interpretation “the greatest.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Maximina 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 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maximina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 145
- 0 boys · 145 girls
- Most popular year
- 1926
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 1926. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,635 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Maximina’s family of names
Maximina has a related form in Maxine.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Maximina
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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