Max Forename
1,655th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 599,876 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Central African Republic
Max Forename User-submission:
The name Max comes from the shortening of the name Maximus, which derives from Latin, specifically Ancient Rome, meaning 'great' or 'large'.
Max Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 119,215 | 1:3,041 | 521 |
| Germany | 100% | 91,567 | 1:1,056 | 240 |
| Brazil | 100% | 41,025 | 1:5,222 | 701 |
| Central African Republic | - | 31,128 | 1:145 | 31 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 24,793 | 1:331 | 69 |
| France | 100% | 23,201 | 1:2,865 | 321 |
| Australia | - | 15,609 | 1:875 | 194 |
| England | 100% | 15,448 | 1:3,599 | 460 |
| Canada | 100% | 11,941 | 1:2,775 | 523 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 11,665 | 1:1,449 | 303 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 10,418 | 1:783 | 87 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 9,976 | 1:2,369 | 561 |
| Sweden | 100% | 9,430 | 1:1,045 | 180 |
| Peru | 100% | 8,621 | 1:3,688 | 602 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 8,436 | 1:30,579 | 4,115 |
| Austria | 100% | 7,926 | 1:1,074 | 201 |
| Poland | 99% | 6,833 | 1:5,565 | 325 |
| Uganda | 89% | 6,541 | 1:6,262 | 727 |
| Italy | 100% | 6,068 | 1:10,063 | 631 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 6,011 | 1:1,179 | 248 |
| Haiti | 100% | 5,912 | 1:1,814 | 289 |
| Mozambique | - | 5,280 | 1:5,160 | 978 |
| New Zealand | - | 5,227 | 1:868 | 202 |
| Egypt | 100% | 5,053 | 1:18,187 | 1,437 |
| Philippines | 99% | 4,942 | 1:21,451 | 2,165 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 4,889 | 1:15,101 | 1,353 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4,837 | 1:6,370 | 992 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 4,499 | 1:2,356 | 488 |
| Spain | 100% | 4,374 | 1:10,638 | 790 |
| Ghana | 100% | 4,158 | 1:6,490 | 736 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 3,768 | 1:5,735 | 843 |
| Chile | 100% | 3,661 | 1:4,809 | 498 |
| Bangladesh | - | 3,574 | 1:44,617 | 3,971 |
| Mexico | 99% | 3,433 | 1:36,162 | 1,621 |
| Denmark | - | 3,315 | 1:1,704 | 295 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 2,892 | 1:5,570 | 651 |
| South Africa | 98% | 2,857 | 1:19,087 | 2,695 |
| Thailand | 100% | 2,550 | 1:27,477 | 3,504 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,432 | 1:8,552 | 1,329 |
| Israel | 97% | 2,398 | 1:3,504 | 651 |
| Sudan | - | 2,380 | 1:15,885 | 1,693 |
| Ecuador | - | 2,325 | 1:7,624 | 712 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2,067 | 1:2,307 | 402 |
| China | - | 2,058 | 1:663,778 | 29,362 |
| Czechia | 98% | 1,977 | 1:5,390 | 351 |
| Angola | - | 1,889 | 1:14,276 | 1,436 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 1,889 | 1:8,165 | 1,155 |
| Congo | 99% | 1,850 | 1:2,708 | 440 |
| Togo | - | 1,813 | 1:3,993 | 652 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1,747 | 1:6,577 | 874 |
| Gabon | - | 1,523 | 1:1,237 | 291 |
| Finland | 100% | 1,508 | 1:3,636 | 498 |
| Morocco | - | 1,501 | 1:22,884 | 1,335 |
| Libya | - | 1,469 | 1:4,235 | 678 |
| Namibia | - | 1,394 | 1:1,725 | 347 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,387 | 1:70,339 | 5,764 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1,248 | 1:13,712 | 1,385 |
| India | 100% | 1,163 | 1:1,044,607 | 67,451 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,161 | 1:8,985 | 1,087 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 990 | 1:30,758 | 2,824 |
| Tanzania | 96% | 979 | 1:53,921 | 3,838 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 820 | 1:36,832 | 2,455 |
| Kenya | - | 819 | 1:56,541 | 3,684 |
| Zambia | - | 757 | 1:20,944 | 1,783 |
| Portugal | - | 747 | 1:13,937 | 764 |
| Honduras | 100% | 704 | 1:12,525 | 1,139 |
| El Salvador | - | 689 | 1:9,204 | 703 |
| Panama | 100% | 683 | 1:5,720 | 933 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 648 | 1:35,611 | 2,876 |
| Singapore | 100% | 632 | 1:9,948 | 1,896 |
| Japan | - | 623 | 1:205,435 | 6,930 |
| Fiji | - | 575 | 1:1,552 | 418 |
| Algeria | - | 568 | 1:67,213 | 2,016 |
| Scotland | 100% | 531 | 1:10,076 | 697 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 500 | 1:1,162 | 227 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 463 | 1:12,999 | 1,207 |
| Hong Kong | - | 444 | 1:17,461 | 2,039 |
| Norway | 100% | 431 | 1:11,908 | 960 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 417 | 1:5,896 | 679 |
| Ireland | 100% | 404 | 1:11,494 | 760 |
| Suriname | 100% | 395 | 1:1,400 | 309 |
| Colombia | 98% | 392 | 1:121,885 | 3,645 |
| Wales | 99% | 382 | 1:8,100 | 736 |
| Malta | - | 352 | 1:1,220 | 262 |
| Argentina | 98% | 350 | 1:122,209 | 2,024 |
| Benin | 100% | 312 | 1:33,897 | 3,057 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 298 | 1:595,854 | 17,694 |
| Vanuatu | - | 265 | 1:988 | 288 |
| Bahrain | - | 237 | 1:5,691 | 904 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 234 | 1:2,410 | 350 |
| Tonga | - | 226 | 1:475 | 106 |
| French Polynesia | - | 222 | 1:1,252 | 279 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 203 | 1:6,393 | 956 |
| Liberia | 100% | 195 | 1:22,626 | 1,529 |
| Estonia | 100% | 194 | 1:6,780 | 912 |
| Latvia | - | 188 | 1:10,722 | 693 |
| Azerbaijan | 99% | 161 | 1:59,894 | 3,427 |
| Somalia | - | 160 | 1:84,537 | 3,429 |
| Bahamas | - | 153 | 1:2,610 | 536 |
| Armenia | 95% | 147 | 1:19,855 | 1,189 |
| South Korea | - | 145 | 1:38,237 | 2,885 |
| Jamaica | - | 134 | 1:21,517 | 1,721 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 131 | 1:181,448 | 16,867 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 125 | 1:57,894 | 1,974 |
| Botswana | 100% | 111 | 1:19,680 | 2,396 |
| Iraq | - | 111 | 1:315,476 | 4,398 |
| Qatar | 100% | 110 | 1:21,542 | 3,094 |
| Georgia | 95% | 104 | 1:35,947 | 1,999 |
| Romania | - | 104 | 1:192,807 | 6,806 |
| Lithuania | - | 97 | 1:30,432 | 951 |
| Greece | 100% | 88 | 1:124,256 | 3,091 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 87 | 1:3,105 | 512 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 80 | 1:17,018 | 2,131 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 76 | 1:24,252 | 1,025 |
| Vietnam | - | 75 | 1:1,234,975 | 2,854 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 74 | 1:96,649 | 7,826 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 71 | 1:533 | 130 |
| Pakistan | 99% | 67 | 1:2,900,861 | 34,399 |
| Burkina Faso | 96% | 66 | 1:278,477 | 11,312 |
| Guernsey | - | 57 | 1:1,111 | 227 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 53 | 1:100,190 | 985 |
| Senegal | 100% | 51 | 1:285,909 | 4,868 |
| Guam | - | 45 | 1:3,570 | 683 |
| Tunisia | - | 44 | 1:15,384 | 1,282 |
| Lebanon | 93% | 43 | 1:130,874 | 3,598 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 43 | 1:82,565 | 1,737 |
| Seychelles | - | 39 | 1:2,376 | 540 |
| Hungary | 96% | 35 | 1:279,765 | 1,304 |
| Micronesia | - | 34 | 1:3,132 | 400 |
| Monaco | 100% | 34 | 1:1,131 | 236 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 32 | 1:3,430 | 618 |
| Croatia | 100% | 31 | 1:136,035 | 2,865 |
| American Samoa | - | 29 | 1:1,926 | 312 |
| Aruba | - | 29 | 1:3,579 | 715 |
| Jersey | - | 26 | 1:3,845 | 523 |
| Mongolia | - | 25 | 1:117,393 | 7,151 |
| Rwanda | - | 25 | 1:454,857 | 1,393 |
| Greenland | - | 24 | 1:2,349 | 398 |
| Guyana | 100% | 24 | 1:31,803 | 3,406 |
| Jordan | - | 24 | 1:367,782 | 3,366 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 21 | 1:163,221 | 3,346 |
| Serbia | - | 20 | 1:357,286 | 4,336 |
| Afghanistan | - | 19 | 1:1,717,027 | 16,500 |
| Macau | - | 18 | 1:33,789 | 454 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 17 | 1:51,240 | 2,169 |
| Cuba | - | 16 | 1:719,160 | 3,314 |
| Gambia | - | 16 | 1:120,412 | 458 |
| Oman | - | 16 | 1:256,792 | 3,659 |
| Syria | - | 15 | 1:1,287,072 | 3,396 |
| Barbados | - | 14 | 1:20,699 | 1,571 |
| Belize | 100% | 14 | 1:25,308 | 2,585 |
| Guinea | 100% | 14 | 1:847,046 | 3,181 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 14 | 1:3,905 | 670 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 13 | 1:18,725 | 1,070 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 13 | 1:486 | 142 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 12 | 1:8,283 | 1,404 |
| Bulgaria | - | 11 | 1:635,490 | 8,785 |
| Iceland | 100% | 11 | 1:33,274 | 2,039 |
| Cambodia | - | 10 | 1:1,627,333 | 20,911 |
| Curaçao | - | 10 | 1:15,580 | 668 |
| Bermuda | - | 9 | 1:7,203 | 999 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 9 | 1:391,606 | 4,501 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,811 | 1,077 |
| Chad | - | 9 | 1:1,510,933 | 6,264 |
| Kiribati | - | 9 | 1:12,599 | 256 |
| Brunei | - | 8 | 1:52,446 | 1,266 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 8 | 1:6,141 | 867 |
| Laos | - | 8 | 1:823,357 | 879 |
| Myanmar | - | 8 | 1:6,493,534 | 1,948 |
| Nepal | - | 8 | 1:3,560,919 | 43,416 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 6 | 1:29,636 | 2,683 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 6 | 1:18,597 | 2,290 |
| Grenada | 100% | 5 | 1:21,625 | 2,009 |
| Albania | 100% | 4 | 1:761,642 | 22,793 |
| Burundi | - | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Iran | - | 4 | 1:19,624,217 | 40,893 |
| Montenegro | - | 4 | 1:158,644 | 3,180 |
| Nauru | 100% | 4 | 1:2,982 | 284 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 4 | 1:581 | 152 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 3 | 1:10,417 | 1,527 |
| Marshall Islands | 67% | 3 | 1:17,077 | 2,297 |
| Niger | - | 3 | 1:6,394,665 | 47,369 |
| San Marino | - | 3 | 1:10,973 | 542 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Anguilla | - | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 2 | 1:17,354 | 1,059 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Moldova | 100% | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | - | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Mäx (8) & Máx (7) are calculated separately.
Max (45,020) may also be a surname.
Max Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The name Max comes from the shortening of the name Maximus, which derives from Latin, specifically Ancient Rome, meaning 'great' or 'large'.
- phob0s_Max Forename Popularity
Max Demographics
Average Male Max Height
175.85 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 7,574 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mäx | 89 | 8 | / |
| Máx | 89 | 7 | / |
| Maxd | 86 | 1,839 | / |
| Maxx | 86 | 1,712 | / |
| Maxe | 86 | 517 | / |
| Maxs | 86 | 503 | / |
| Maax | 86 | 250 | / |
| Hmax | 86 | 170 | / |
| Macx | 86 | 61 | / |
| Makx | 86 | 41 | / |
| Manx | 86 | 31 | / |
| Maix | 86 | 27 | / |
| Maex | 86 | 26 | / |
| Maxz | 86 | 15 | / |
| Maux | 86 | 13 | / |
| Mhax | 86 | 12 | / |
| Maxh | 86 | 11 | / |
| Mayx | 86 | 10 | / |
| Masx | 86 | 8 | / |
| Maxt | 86 | 6 | / |
| Mazx | 86 | 5 | / |
| Madx | 86 | 4 | / |
| Mmax | 86 | 4 | / |
| Maxj | 86 | 3 | / |
| Maqx | 86 | 3 | / |
| Maxp | 86 | 2 | / |
| Mahx | 86 | 2 | / |
| Magx | 86 | 1 | / |
| Meax | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mgax | 86 | 1 | / |
| Maxce | 75 | 16 | / |
| Maxss | 75 | 8 | / |
| Mackx | 75 | 6 | / |
| Maixe | 75 | 6 | / |
| Maxse | 75 | 6 | / |
| Max's | 75 | 5 | / |
| Makxs | 75 | 4 | / |
| Maaxx | 75 | 4 | / |
| Maxxs | 75 | 3 | / |
| Macxe | 75 | 2 | / |
| Maxhe | 75 | 2 | / |
| Magxs | 75 | 2 | / |
| Maxsp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Maxhs | 75 | 1 | / |
| Maxxx | 75 | 1 | / |
| Maihx | 75 | 1 | / |
| Macxs | 75 | 1 | / |
| Makcx | 75 | 1 | / |
| Maikx | 75 | 1 | / |
| Maitx | 75 | 1 | / |
| Maixh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Maixs | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mahax | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mhaxs | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mhaxx | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mayxx | 75 | 1 | / |
| Maksx | 75 | 1 | / |
| Makxx | 75 | 1 | / |
| Maxsh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hmaxx | 75 | 1 | / |
| Maxch | 75 | 1 | / |
| Maxhd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Maycx | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mas | 67 | 88,356 | / |
| Maj | 67 | 42,425 | / |
| Mac | 67 | 40,426 | / |
| Mak | 67 | 22,798 | / |
| Mag | 67 | 22,151 | / |
| Maz | 67 | 7,305 | / |
| Mex | 67 | 1,474 | / |
| Maq | 67 | 1,004 | / |
| Mox | 67 | 236 | / |
| Mcx | 67 | 27 | / |
| Maç | 67 | 4 | / |
| Maž | 67 | 2 | / |
| Maß | 67 | 2 | / |
| Makxsx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Geemax | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mmaaxx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mahaux | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meauxx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maksxx | 67 | 1 | / |
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Max