Maksim
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning greatest; form of Maximus.
Maksim by the numbers
In 2025, 14 babies in England and Wales were named Maksim. In the US, 139 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 204 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Maximus
Like Maksim, 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)
- Macsengreat; a form of Maximus141 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maxongreatest; a form of Maximus95 in the US (2017)
- Maxsonson of Maximus; the greatest one55 in the US (2017)
- Maximinothe greatest; a form of Maximus25 in the US (2017)
- Maksgreatest; a form of Maximus7 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Maksim. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Maksymthe greatest; polish form of Maximilian18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Makaitowards the sea418 in the US (2017)
- Maximthe greatest; superlative form of maximus65 in England and Wales (2025)
- Massimogreatest or largest28 in England and Wales (2025)
- Makaiogift of god; hawaiian form of matthew68 in the US (2017)
- Martimdedicated to mars; a form of Martin7 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Maksim
Names that are said the same way as Maksim, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Maximethe greatest; a form of Maximus15 in England and Wales (2025)
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