First name origins & meanings:
- Gaelic: Son of the wise leader
- Latin: The greatest
First name variations: Mackie, Kenzie, Mackinzie, Mackenzy, Maximilien, Maximiliano, Maximus, Maxim, Maximo, Maxfield, Maximino, Maximilian, Maxey, Maxie, Mac, Maxa, Mack, Maks, Maksim, Massimiliano, Mackenzie
Last name origin & meaning:
German and Dutch: from a short form of the personal name
Maximilian (Latin Maximillianus, a derivative of
Maximillus, diminutive of Maximus ‘greatest’), borne by
a 3rd-century saint venerated particularly in the region of Passau,
where he founded a church. The personal name was comparatively rare at
the most productive period of surname formation; it gained popularity
from the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I (born 1459), who was named by
his father, Frederick III of Austria, in honor of the Roman heroes
Q. Fabius Maximus and Scipio Aemilianus, as if with a combination of
their names. The name is also borne by Ashkenazic Jews, presumably as
an adoption of the German surname.
Famous people who gave their babies this name:
Nick Hornby,
Steven Spielberg,
Henry Winkler
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