Maxwell

Where Maxwell comes from

From an earlier form Mackeswell, meaning "Mack's well or spring", from Old English welle (“well”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Maxwell
  • 2 syllables
Maxwell through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #640 among boys, with 9 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1888
    Maxwell Anderson born
    American playwright and writer
  3. 1981
    Maxwell born
    Brazilian footballer
  4. 1999
    Peak, #106
    3,338 babies named Maxwell, its best rank.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Maxwell · Brazilian footballer, born 1981
  • Maxwell Anderson · American playwright and writer, 1888–1959
  • Maxwell D. Taylor · American military officer and diplomat, 1901–1987
  • Maxwell Jenkins · American actor, born 2005
  • Maxwell Jacob Friedman · American professional wrestler, born 1996

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.