Macsen
A boys’ name of Welsh origin, meaning great; a form of Maximus.
Macsen by the numbers
In 2025, 141 babies in England and Wales were named Macsen. In the US, 41 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Other names that come from Maximus
Like Macsen, each of these traces back to Maximus: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Maxgreatest; diminutive of Maximus1,061 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maximusgreatest or largest1,951 in the US (2017)
- Maxinegreatest; feminine form of Maximus309 in the US (2017)
- Maksimgreatest; form of Maximus139 in the US (2017)
- Maxsonson of Maximus; the greatest one55 in the US (2017)
- Maximethe greatest; a form of Maximus15 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maximinothe greatest; a form of Maximus25 in the US (2017)
- Maksgreatest; a form of Maximus7 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
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