Maxim

Where Maxim comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Maxim.

Maxim through the years
  1. 1923
    First appearance
    #3,175 among boys with 8 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1967
    Maxim Reality born
    British singer, rapper and musician
  3. 2000
    Maxim De Cuyper born
    Belgian association football player
  4. 2012
    Peak, #683
    346 babies named Maxim, the most in any year.
  5. 2023
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,337.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Maxim De Cuyper · Belgian association football player, born 2000
  • Maxim Reality · British singer, rapper and musician, born 1967
  • Maxim Van Gils · Belgian cyclist, born 1999
  • Maxim Mehmet · German actor, born 1975
  • Maxim Rodshtein · Israeli chess player, born 1989

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.