Maxime Forename
6,089th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 172,426 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Central African Republic
Maxime Forename User-submission:
The name Maxime comes from Latin name Maximus (the tallest, the greatest) or Maxima (its feminine variant). It was usually given to a family's first child in the Roman era.
Maxime Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 99% | 60,447 | 1:1,100 | 194 |
| Central African Republic | - | 25,940 | 1:174 | 36 |
| Canada | 100% | 11,090 | 1:2,988 | 559 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 7,860 | 1:3,006 | 685 |
| Belgium | 100% | 7,061 | 1:1,627 | 372 |
| Benin | 100% | 6,808 | 1:1,553 | 366 |
| Guinea | 100% | 5,236 | 1:2,265 | 287 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 4,834 | 1:2,352 | 509 |
| Cameroon | 90% | 4,573 | 1:4,726 | 749 |
| Haiti | 100% | 4,137 | 1:2,593 | 400 |
| Togo | - | 3,626 | 1:1,996 | 328 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 3,468 | 1:5,300 | 678 |
| Ivory Coast | 98% | 3,404 | 1:6,779 | 767 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 3,352 | 1:29,105 | 3,514 |
| DR Congo | 96% | 3,047 | 1:24,230 | 1,899 |
| Chad | 100% | 2,657 | 1:5,118 | 775 |
| Netherlands | 85% | 1,897 | 1:8,910 | 1,150 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,740 | 1:40,268 | 4,619 |
| United States | 91% | 1,330 | 1:272,584 | 8,772 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1,155 | 1:7,111 | 850 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1,002 | 1:1,880 | 439 |
| Morocco | - | 846 | 1:40,601 | 1,852 |
| Congo | 86% | 625 | 1:8,015 | 1,083 |
| England | 60% | 558 | 1:99,647 | 3,807 |
| Mali | 100% | 497 | 1:34,160 | 2,094 |
| Senegal | 100% | 485 | 1:30,065 | 1,530 |
| Poland | 100% | 424 | 1:89,687 | 2,012 |
| Ghana | - | 393 | 1:68,667 | 3,308 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 317 | 1:852 | 195 |
| Germany | 66% | 293 | 1:329,959 | 4,114 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 291 | 1:105,885 | 10,050 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 240 | 1:5,407 | 846 |
| Brazil | 100% | 235 | 1:911,643 | 24,646 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 210 | 1:49,673 | 3,332 |
| French Polynesia | - | 200 | 1:1,390 | 319 |
| Spain | 100% | 199 | 1:233,819 | 4,403 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 194 | 1:478 | 90 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 155 | 1:3,639 | 453 |
| South Africa | 63% | 121 | 1:450,683 | 22,313 |
| Australia | - | 118 | 1:115,743 | 3,898 |
| Sweden | 84% | 92 | 1:107,151 | 4,505 |
| Ireland | 100% | 88 | 1:52,767 | 1,694 |
| China | - | 85 | 1:16,071,244 | 60,092 |
| Japan | - | 79 | 1:1,620,077 | 18,143 |
| Portugal | - | 74 | 1:140,687 | 3,423 |
| Malta | - | 62 | 1:6,925 | 809 |
| Italy | 82% | 48 | 1:1,272,127 | 10,311 |
| New Zealand | - | 44 | 1:103,092 | 4,303 |
| Russia | 97% | 40 | 1:3,605,843 | 19,731 |
| Malaysia | 82% | 37 | 1:822,971 | 30,856 |
| Singapore | 100% | 35 | 1:179,630 | 8,299 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 34 | 1:40,042 | 3,857 |
| Czechia | 100% | 32 | 1:333,005 | 2,071 |
| Hong Kong | - | 32 | 1:242,273 | 3,429 |
| Scotland | 100% | 32 | 1:167,199 | 3,173 |
| Monaco | 100% | 27 | 1:1,425 | 305 |
| Norway | 100% | 25 | 1:205,293 | 5,123 |
| Wales | 100% | 24 | 1:128,930 | 2,823 |
| India | 100% | 20 | 1:60,743,899 | 978,266 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 18 | 1:5,522 | 1,017 |
| Chile | 93% | 18 | 1:978,178 | 8,954 |
| Israel | - | 17 | 1:494,289 | 9,770 |
| Mexico | 83% | 17 | 1:7,302,613 | 25,172 |
| Nigeria | 83% | 17 | 1:10,444,962 | 119,257 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 16 | 1:71,106 | 389 |
| Guernsey | - | 16 | 1:3,958 | 490 |
| Philippines | 75% | 15 | 1:7,067,298 | 110,797 |
| Denmark | - | 14 | 1:403,536 | 6,849 |
| Indonesia | - | 14 | 1:18,425,976 | 483,081 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 13 | 1:7,124,855 | 3,818 |
| Austria | 100% | 12 | 1:709,517 | 5,762 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 12 | 1:595,999 | 19,549 |
| Estonia | 100% | 11 | 1:119,580 | 4,476 |
| Liberia | 100% | 11 | 1:401,096 | 11,764 |
| Niger | 75% | 11 | 1:1,743,999 | 22,373 |
| Saint Lucia | 82% | 11 | 1:16,165 | 1,838 |
| Uganda | 90% | 11 | 1:3,723,356 | 37,848 |
| Guatemala | - | 10 | 1:1,610,843 | 5,373 |
| Laos | - | 9 | 1:731,873 | 503 |
| Lebanon | - | 9 | 1:625,286 | 7,004 |
| Colombia | - | 8 | 1:5,972,366 | 31,268 |
| South Korea | - | 8 | 1:693,053 | 14,847 |
| Ukraine | - | 8 | 1:5,687,488 | 9,604 |
| Finland | 86% | 7 | 1:783,312 | 7,794 |
| Panama | - | 7 | 1:558,080 | 14,722 |
| Tunisia | - | 7 | 1:96,700 | 5,802 |
| Greece | 100% | 6 | 1:1,822,425 | 10,706 |
| Guyana | - | 6 | 1:127,210 | 8,948 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 6 | 1:8,798,053 | 38,955 |
| Argentina | - | 5 | 1:8,554,649 | 17,386 |
| Cambodia | - | 5 | 1:3,254,666 | 31,163 |
| Peru | 100% | 5 | 1:6,358,291 | 42,272 |
| Qatar | 100% | 5 | 1:473,921 | 38,106 |
| Algeria | - | 4 | 1:9,544,180 | 14,095 |
| Burundi | 100% | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Egypt | - | 4 | 1:22,975,236 | 27,891 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Kenya | - | 4 | 1:11,576,778 | 40,588 |
| Malawi | - | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Romania | - | 4 | 1:5,012,994 | 31,756 |
| Turkey | 100% | 4 | 1:19,450,427 | 45,600 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 4 | 1:7,550,473 | 90,577 |
| Latvia | - | 3 | 1:671,882 | 3,893 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Ecuador | - | 2 | 1:8,863,460 | 21,868 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 2 | 1:4,076,157 | 155,819 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:54,874 | 3,819 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | 100% | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
The alternate forms: Maximé (2), Màxime (1) & Maxíme (1) are calculated separately.
Maxime (32,071) may also be a surname.
Maxime Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The name Maxime comes from Latin name Maximus (the tallest, the greatest) or Maxima (its feminine variant). It was usually given to a family's first child in the Roman era.
- cucubeThe name Maxime means 'the great one'. It comes from the Latin word for 'great'. It is a male name in French, but a female name in the Netherlands.
- yummyyumeMaxime Forename Popularity
Maxime Demographics
Average Male Maxime Height
175.88 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 683 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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