Given name
Maximos
“the greatest”
Maximos is a variant of Maximilian. One Latin interpretation is “the greatest.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Maximos is a variant of Maximilian. One Latin interpretation is “the greatest.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Maximos 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 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maximos through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 615
- 615 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 58 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #5,756 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −3%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,756 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 3.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 58 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 473 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.
Maximos’s family of names
Maximos has a related form in Maximilian. In Greek usage, Maximos is a transliteration of Μάξιμος.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Maximos
- Maximos V HakimMelkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch (1908–2001)
- Maximos IV SayeghMelkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch (1878–1967)
- Maximus III of ConstantinopleGreek historian1450–1482
- Maximus II of ConstantinoplePatriarch of Constantinople1150–1216
- Metropolitan Maximos VgenopoulosGreek Orthodox Metropolitan (1968-)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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