Maximiliano

Boy · Latin

Maximiliano

Say it: mahk-see-mee-LYAH-noh

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Meaning

From Latin Maximilianus, derived from Maximus 'greatest'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Its wave through time

Popular now

In the United States

18,036 babies given this name since 1917
At its height in 2019, about 1 in 1,200 boys
1,281 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Mexican Argentine

The family of the name

Other spellings: Maxi

Italian	Massimiliano
German	Maximilian

Famous bearers

Maximilian I, emperor of Mexico

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Where this comes from

Royal and noble genealogies
National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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