What does Max mean?

Max means "greatest; Maccus' pool"

How do we pronounce Max?

Max \max, ma-x\ is a boy's name. It consists of 3 letters and 1 syllable.

The baby boy name Max can also be used as a name girl name meaning, however it is morefor boys. Its pronunciation is MAEKS (English) or MAAKS (German) 1.

1 Pronunciation for Max: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"

What is the origin of Max?

Max is used predominantly in the Dutch, English, German, Scandinavian, and Latin languages, and its origin is Latin and Old English. In addition, Max is a contraction of the name Maximilian name popularity (English and German). Max can also be a contraction of the name Maxwell pronounciation (English and Scottish) in the English and Latin languages. The name meaning of Maxine (English and German) is the female form of Max. Max has 15 variants that are used in both English and other languages.

Variants used in English comprise Macks meaning, Maxan pronounciation, Maxea pronounciation, Maxee name variations, baby name Maxen, name Maxey origin, meaning of Maxi, name Maxin, name Maxon origin, Maxx pronounciation, and meaning of Maxyn. The diminutive forms name Maxie origin (also used in Spanish) and Maxy pronounciation are other English variants. Maks meaning (Hungarian) and Miksa meaning and origin (Hungarian) are foreign variants of Max. Max is popular as a baby name for boys, and it can also be viewed as trendy. The name's popularity has been rising since the 1960s. At the modest peak of its usage in 2010, 0.188% of baby boys were given the name Max. It ranked at #98 then. Out of all boy names in its group, Max was the most popular in 2010. 28% more boys were named Max than the next ranked name, Maxwell meaning, in that year. Max has mostly been a baby boy name in the past century.

The following famous people share the name Max:

  • Actor Max Schreck, born 4 September 1879 - 1936, Berlin, Germany
  • Actor Max von Sydow, born 10 April 1929, Lund, Sweden
  • Fictional Character Mad Max, born 1979.

List of baby names that is pronounced like Max:

meaning of Macks, Macs meaning, Maxx name popularity (English), name Maas (Dutch), baby name Mac (English and Scottish), Mace definition, Machk meaning, Mack name popularity (English and Scandinavian), nicknames for Mahesh (Indian), Maik meaning of name (German), meaning of Maj (English), name Majic meaning, short names for Mak, short names for Maks (Hungarian), Mannes name variations (Dutch), name Manque meaning, name Mans (Scandinavian), meaning of Manse, Matiu name popularity, and baby name Mayes.

The baby name Max fun facts:

The name Max in reverse order is "Xam".

The numerological value of the name Max is number 2 and 11, which means cooperation, adaptability, consideration of others, partnering, mediating+ higher spiritual plane, intuitive, illumination, idealist, a dreamer.

How popular is Max?

Max is in the top names in USA.

YearUsage
20140.18%
20130.19%
20120.20%
20110.21%
20100.20%
20090.20%
20080.17%
20070.14%
Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames