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Maxwell
Say it: MAKS-wel
Meaning
From a Scottish surname taken from a place near Kelso, 'Mac's stream' (the personal name Maccus and Old English wella).
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A surname name used steadily in the US, rising from the 1990s.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 98,717 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 2014, about 1 in 513 boys
- 2,550 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist (surname)
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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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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.