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Maxima
Say it: MAK-sih-muh
Meaning
Feminine of Maximus 'greatest'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Borne by early Christian martyrs; rare today outside the Spanish-speaking world.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 130 babies given this name since 1919
- At its height in 2018, about 1 in 121,100 girls
- 12 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Spanish | Máxima |
|---|---|
| Italian | Massima |
Famous bearers
- Queen Máxima of the Netherlands
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Where this comes from
- Roman inscriptions and tombstones
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.