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Girl · English, from Latin
Maxine
Say it: mak-SEEN
Meaning
A feminine of Max, formed with the French-style ending -ine; Max is from Latin Maximilianus/Maximus 'greatest'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A coinage of the late 19th century that was popular in the US in the 1920s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1920s
In the United States
- 113,307 babies given this name since 1884
- At its height in 1923, about 1 in 335 girls
- 369 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Maxene
Famous bearers
- Maxine Waters, US congresswoman
- Maxine Hong Kingston, American writer
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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