Maxime

A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning the greatest; a form of Maximus.

Babies a year
15
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1705
15 babies

Maxime by the numbers

In 2025, 15 babies in England and Wales were named Maxime. In the US, 37 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 40 babies in 2001, making it a 2000s name.

Other names that come from Maximus

Like Maxime, 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)
  • 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)
  • Maximathe greatest; feminine form of Maximus3 in England and Wales (2025)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Maxime. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Maximthe greatest; superlative form of maximus65 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maximothe greatest or largest245 in the US (2017)
  • Maxiethe greatest; diminutive of maxim or maxwell3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maximusgreatest or largest1,951 in the US (2017)
  • Mamiebeloved; diminutive of Mary23 in the US (2017)
  • Maximosgreatest; largest21 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Maxime

Names that are said the same way as Maxime, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Maksimgreatest; form of Maximus139 in the US (2017)
  • Maksymthe greatest; polish form of Maximilian18 in England and Wales (2025)

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