Maxi
A unisex name of Latin origin, meaning greatest; a diminutive of Maximus.
Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Maxi by the numbers
Maxi was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 18 babies in 1977, making it a 1970s name.
Other names that come from Maximus
Like Maxi, 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)
- Maksimgreatest; form of Maximus139 in the US (2017)
- Maxongreatest; a form of Maximus95 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)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Maxi. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
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