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First name origins & meanings:

  1. Russian: The greatest
  2. Latin: The greatest

First name variations: Maksim, Maximilien, Maximiliano, Maximus, Maximo, Maxfield, Maximino, Maximilian, Maxey, Maxie, Mac, Maxa, Mack, Maks, Maksim, Massimiliano, Max

Last name origin & meaning:

French and Dutch: from the personal name Maxim (from Latin Maximus ‘greatest’, superlative of magnus ‘great’), borne by a number of early Christian saints.