Máxima

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

Locally spelled Maxima in AR Argentina, PE Peru, PH Philippines and 5 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Máxima is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Maxima

• Thai given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Peru, Philippines, Thailand

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written Maxima, Màxima

• Russian given name26 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, India, Peru

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Croatian

  Also written Максима, Максіма, Maksima, Maxima, Makšima

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Maxima

10 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Máxima is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Galician, feminine singular of máximo

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Máxima Apazab. 1960BO(b. 1960), Bolivian activist and politics.
• Máxima Acuñab. 1970PEPeruvian environmental defender
• Máxima Zorreguietab. 1971ARqueen consort of the Netherlands (born 1971)
• Princess Ariane of the Netherlandsb. 2007NLnot in their usual nameyoungest daughter of Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and Queen Máxima
• Máxima Bolaños-PizarroESresearcher
• Coco MáximaMXMexican actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Máxima mean, and where does it come from?

maxim Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

How do you pronounce Máxima?

A machine transcription gives /maksima/ (IPA) for Spanish.

Is Máxima a male or female name?

Máxima is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

In which country does Máxima have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 19 thousand people named Máxima in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled maxima.

How common is the name Máxima?

In Spain, the national register counted 2,020 people named Máxima, about 1 in 25 thousand residents.

How common is Máxima compared with other names?

In Bolivia, Máxima is the 40th most common given name of 14,891 given names recorded there.