Maxine Forename
6,007th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 175,235 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Samoa
Maxine Forename Definition:
A female name. a favourite modFr girl’s name, sometimes used in England and oftener in America. It is apparently a f. diminutive of Max (see Maximilian). Maxencia occurs in the 13th C, apparently a f. form of Maxentius, but there is no evidence of its survival.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 116,337 | 1:3,116 | 532 |
| England | 100% | 28,471 | 1:1,953 | 334 |
| Canada | 100% | 7,568 | 1:4,378 | 709 |
| Jamaica | - | 5,393 | 1:535 | 117 |
| Australia | - | 3,348 | 1:4,079 | 585 |
| South Africa | 99% | 2,109 | 1:25,857 | 3,290 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,594 | 1:2,846 | 497 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,052 | 1:5,086 | 492 |
| Kenya | 100% | 987 | 1:46,917 | 3,260 |
| Wales | 100% | 912 | 1:3,393 | 486 |
| Ghana | - | 618 | 1:43,667 | 2,441 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 552 | 1:30,620 | 2,511 |
| Bahamas | - | 524 | 1:762 | 191 |
| Barbados | - | 491 | 1:590 | 136 |
| Samoa | - | 456 | 1:428 | 122 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 383 | 1:4,812 | 555 |
| Philippines | 93% | 376 | 1:281,940 | 11,239 |
| Guyana | 100% | 311 | 1:2,454 | 482 |
| Namibia | - | 255 | 1:9,428 | 1,173 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 225 | 1:6,051 | 1,013 |
| Papua New Guinea | 94% | 204 | 1:39,962 | 3,914 |
| Ireland | 100% | 166 | 1:27,973 | 1,180 |
| Malta | - | 165 | 1:2,602 | 455 |
| Brazil | 100% | 158 | 1:1,355,925 | 32,363 |
| Fiji | - | 144 | 1:6,197 | 1,398 |
| France | 100% | 128 | 1:519,300 | 5,495 |
| Israel | 100% | 119 | 1:70,613 | 3,652 |
| China | - | 116 | 1:11,776,343 | 59,768 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 111 | 1:93,975 | 4,991 |
| Belgium | 100% | 101 | 1:113,763 | 3,678 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 96 | 1:1,162 | 191 |
| Germany | 100% | 91 | 1:1,062,394 | 8,096 |
| Malaysia | 90% | 91 | 1:334,615 | 16,572 |
| Bermuda | - | 86 | 1:754 | 154 |
| Thailand | 86% | 84 | 1:834,117 | 32,854 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 77 | 1:796 | 156 |
| Zimbabwe | 82% | 67 | 1:230,206 | 13,296 |
| Spain | 100% | 61 | 1:762,786 | 7,719 |
| Sweden | 100% | 61 | 1:161,605 | 6,044 |
| Mexico | 97% | 58 | 1:2,140,421 | 12,376 |
| Zambia | - | 57 | 1:278,154 | 8,405 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 47 | 1:2,115 | 460 |
| Nigeria | 89% | 47 | 1:3,777,965 | 62,190 |
| Portugal | - | 46 | 1:226,323 | 4,580 |
| Uganda | 94% | 46 | 1:890,368 | 16,270 |
| Benin | 100% | 43 | 1:245,950 | 10,787 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 41 | 1:2,677 | 514 |
| Panama | 100% | 40 | 1:97,664 | 4,898 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 36 | 1:1,759 | 303 |
| Singapore | 100% | 36 | 1:174,640 | 8,262 |
| Hong Kong | - | 33 | 1:234,931 | 3,399 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 32 | 1:256,672 | 5,387 |
| DR Congo | 50% | 27 | 1:2,734,356 | 59,996 |
| India | 96% | 27 | 1:44,995,480 | 799,701 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 25 | 1:2,194 | 494 |
| Chile | 100% | 24 | 1:733,634 | 7,584 |
| Guam | - | 24 | 1:6,694 | 1,054 |
| Liberia | 60% | 24 | 1:183,836 | 6,655 |
| Nauru | 100% | 23 | 1:519 | 61 |
| Qatar | - | 23 | 1:103,026 | 12,248 |
| Denmark | - | 22 | 1:256,795 | 5,179 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 22 | 1:1,578 | 368 |
| Jersey | - | 20 | 1:4,999 | 624 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 20 | 1:281,379 | 4,944 |
| Belize | 100% | 19 | 1:18,648 | 2,166 |
| Italy | 100% | 12 | 1:5,088,508 | 23,387 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 12 | 1:4,556 | 750 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 12 | 1:48,413 | 2,992 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 12 | 1:595,999 | 19,549 |
| American Samoa | - | 11 | 1:5,077 | 963 |
| Grenada | 88% | 11 | 1:9,830 | 1,266 |
| Norway | 100% | 11 | 1:466,575 | 8,612 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 10 | 1:476,795 | 7,334 |
| Haiti | - | 10 | 1:1,072,695 | 14,984 |
| Honduras | 100% | 10 | 1:881,747 | 10,598 |
| Czechia | 100% | 9 | 1:1,184,018 | 3,740 |
| Gambia | - | 9 | 1:214,066 | 587 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Malawi | 100% | 9 | 1:1,901,368 | 9,999 |
| Taiwan | - | 9 | 1:2,641,076 | 57,947 |
| Indonesia | - | 8 | 1:32,245,458 | 686,574 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 7 | 1:12,146 | 242 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 7 | 1:25,402 | 2,434 |
| Peru | 83% | 6 | 1:5,298,576 | 37,737 |
| Cameroon | 50% | 5 | 1:4,322,101 | 63,776 |
| Turkey | 100% | 5 | 1:15,560,342 | 40,635 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 4 | 1:4,594,867 | 56,462 |
| Kuwait | - | 4 | 1:946,316 | 12,511 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,808 | 1,787 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4 | 1:7,703,141 | 17,485 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 4 | 1:7,550,473 | 90,577 |
| Cook Islands | - | 3 | 1:6,051 | 772 |
| Ecuador | - | 3 | 1:5,908,973 | 18,111 |
| Japan | - | 3 | 1:42,662,019 | 63,122 |
| South Korea | - | 3 | 1:1,848,140 | 23,578 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Austria | 100% | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Colombia | 100% | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Finland | 100% | 2 | 1:2,741,592 | 19,235 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Luxembourg | - | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 2 | 1:3,009,168 | 24,322 |
| Pakistan | - | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Russia | - | 2 | 1:72,116,852 | 125,484 |
| Senegal | - | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 2 | 1:26,394,160 | 73,301 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
The alternate forms: Maxiné (1) are calculated separately.
Maxine (203) may also be a surname.
Maxine Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. a favourite modFr girl’s name, sometimes used in England and oftener in America. It is apparently a f. diminutive of Max (see Maximilian). Maxencia occurs in the 13th C, apparently a f. form of Maxentius, but there is no evidence of its survival.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A Latin name, meaning: The greatest.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
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Sample size: 23,699 (2014)
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