Maxima
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning the greatest; feminine form of Maximus.
Maxima by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Maxima. In the US, 9 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 England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 13 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Maximus
Like Maxima, 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)
- 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)
- Maximinothe greatest; a form of Maximus25 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Maxima. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mahimagreatness, glory, magnificence4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maliacalm, peaceful; hawaiian form of Mary1,416 in the US (2017)
- Marinaof the sea68 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maxinegreatest; feminine form of Maximus309 in the US (2017)
- Malinaraspberry or small strong warrior133 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Maxima
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