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Max
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What Max means
- Latin short for Maximilian or Maxwell, "greatest"
How popular it is
In the top 100 in 14 countries.
Its use is steady over the last ten years.
- no. 2 in Gibraltar (2022)
- no. 8 in Guernsey (2021)
- no. 23 in New Zealand (2023)
- no. 24 in Australia (2024)
- no. 27 in Scotland (2025)
- no. 36 in Ireland (2017)
- no. 40 in England & Wales (2024)
- no. 43 in Northern Ireland (2025)
In the United States it was most popular around 2010.
Names with a similar meaning
Sebastian Eli Ali Maximiliano Maximilian Magnus Máximo Emmett Maxime Maxence Ace Maximus
Max in stories
- Life Is Strange: Max Caulfield, the photography student who can rewind time (Maxine)
- Max Payne: Max Payne, the vengeful NYPD detective
- Stranger Things: Max Mayfield, the skateboarding girl
- 2 Broke Girls: Max Black, the sarcastic waitress
- Mad Max: Max Rockatansky, the road warrior