Maximilian Forename

20,364th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 44,473 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Maximilian Forename Definition:

A male name. Camden gives the following account of the origin of this name: ‘A new name, first devised by Frederic the third Emperor, who doubting what name to give his son and heire, composed this name of two worthy Romans, whom he most admired, Q.

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Maximilian Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany
100%
20,1801:4,791502
Austria
100%
7,5061:1,134211
Tanzania
100%
5,1331:10,2841,336
United States
100%
2,2851:158,6606,129
Thailand
100%
1,8511:37,8534,439
Romania
100%
8991:22,3051,546
Brazil
100%
7711:277,86811,083
England
100%
6551:84,8903,371
Sweden
100%
5351:18,4261,322
Poland
100%
4241:89,6872,012
Switzerland
100%
4231:19,4171,387
Spain
100%
3441:135,2623,359
Czechia
100%
3011:35,403732
Italy
100%
2611:233,9543,182
Indonesia-2441:1,057,22864,574
Russia
100%
2431:593,5546,095
Netherlands
100%
2031:83,2614,636
Philippines
92%
 
1411:751,84022,295
Malaysia
99%
 
1331:228,94712,695
France
100%
1251:531,7635,557
Canada
100%
1171:283,1919,319
South Africa
97%
 
1151:474,19723,094
Chile
100%
1041:169,3003,366
Israel
100%
991:84,8784,000
Australia-861:158,8104,566
Portugal-741:140,6873,423
Slovakia
100%
701:75,858885
Dominican Republic-681:153,4016,921
Slovenia
100%
491:50,1792,060
Uganda
82%
 
491:835,85615,656
Zambia-451:352,3299,518
Venezuela
100%
391:774,40818,104
Argentina
100%
381:1,125,6125,540
Belgium
100%
381:302,3706,091
Ireland-371:125,5012,828
Namibia-371:64,9783,614
Mexico
94%
 
351:3,546,98416,455
China-341:40,178,11161,702
Denmark-321:176,5474,105
Belarus
100%
311:305,8832,293
Singapore-291:216,7958,671
Uruguay
100%
291:118,1942,814
Norway
100%
281:183,2974,750
Scotland
100%
271:198,1623,518
Hong Kong-261:298,1823,645
Hungary
98%
 
261:376,6071,543
Finland
100%
251:219,3273,602
Nigeria
87%
 
231:7,720,190100,438
Cameroon
100%
221:982,29626,157
Greece
100%
211:520,6936,872
India
100%
211:57,851,332943,988
Wales
100%
201:154,7153,118
Lebanon
90%
 
191:296,1885,053
Qatar
100%
181:131,64515,202
Peru
91%
 
171:1,870,08619,702
Croatia
100%
161:263,5674,024
Kazakhstan
100%
151:1,183,12311,783
Papua New Guinea
86%
 
151:543,48840,661
Luxembourg
100%
141:40,2891,746
Zimbabwe
100%
141:1,101,70137,489
Ecuador-131:1,363,6099,250
New Zealand-131:348,92610,601
Kenya-121:3,858,92623,691
United Arab Emirates-101:715,19924,449
Estonia-91:146,1535,307
Ghana-91:2,998,4685,965
Moldova-91:395,6822,704
Panama
100%
91:434,06212,541
Uzbekistan
100%
91:3,420,7168,576
Saint Lucia
100%
81:22,2272,229
Costa Rica
100%
71:681,1358,843
Paraguay
100%
61:1,206,1347,440
Ukraine-61:7,583,31811,559
Liberia
100%
51:882,41221,482
Malta-41:107,3402,111
Saudi Arabia-41:7,703,14117,485
South Korea-41:1,386,10520,690
Colombia-31:15,926,30951,235
Japan-31:42,662,01963,122
Latvia-31:671,8823,893
Liechtenstein-31:12,619697
Monaco-31:12,8221,634
Vietnam-31:30,874,3715,995
Afghanistan-21:16,311,75848,279
Albania
100%
21:1,523,28533,816
Iceland-21:183,0085,215
Taiwan-21:11,884,841132,786
Turkey-21:38,900,85464,839
Bulgaria-11:6,990,39027,036
Cuba-11:11,506,55213,531
Curaçao-11:155,8031,239
Cyprus
100%
11:871,0765,368
East Timor-11:1,218,375811
Egypt-11:91,900,94653,283
Equatorial Guinea-11:1,137,6891,044
Faroe Islands
100%
11:49,1272,467
Fiji-11:892,3783,968
Georgia
100%
11:3,738,46629,095
Gibraltar-11:34,138985
Guam-11:160,6463,210
Guatemala-11:16,108,42913,998
Honduras-11:8,817,46733,018
Ivory Coast
100%
11:23,075,933135,227
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Jersey-11:99,9802,122
Jordan-11:8,826,77411,126
Lithuania-11:2,951,8825,377
Maldives-11:433,9035,827
Mauritius-11:1,297,78413,721
Myanmar-11:51,948,2733,226
Nauru
100%
11:11,927903
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-11:111,5807,062
Serbia-11:7,145,72110,629
Suriname-11:552,8115,457
Tajikistan
100%
11:8,374,9227,831
Tunisia-11:676,90212,933
Turkmenistan
100%
11:5,472,8703,925

The alternate forms: Maximílian (3) are calculated separately.

Maximilian (2,815) may also be a surname.

Maximilian Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A male name. Camden gives the following account of the origin of this name: ‘A new name, first devised by Frederic the third Emperor, who doubting what name to give his son and heire, composed this name of two worthy Romans, whom he most admired, Q. Fabius Maximus, and Scipio Aemilianus, with hope that his son would imitate their vertues (Hieronymus Gebvilerius defamilia Austriaca).’ It became a favourite name in Germany, particularly in the abbreviated form Max, and is occasionally used in England.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

Latin Maximi(us Æm)ilianus, ‘greatest Aemilianus,’ i. e. the most important man in the gens Æmilia. It has for centuries been a favourite with Central European royalty and aristocracy: cf. the Maximilian of Colonel T. f. Tweed’s second and better novel.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

A name said to be compounded of maximus, greatest, and the name Æmilianus.

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Greek (masculine) - A winning speaker.

What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody

A Latin name, meaning: The greatest Emilius.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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