Around the globe, Maks (Макс 
, Maks 
, ماكس 
, among others...) is a common boy's forename. The first name Maks is habitual in Moldova, where it is quite a common masculine name, Belarus, and Slovenia. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Russia, Sudan, and Poland. Also, Maks is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Макс | Kazakhstan, Russia, Poland, Moldova, Belarus |
| Maks | Uzbekistan, Russia, Poland, Moldova, Belarus |
| ماكس | Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, Libya |
| マックス | Japan |
| מקס | Israel |
Dantis, Maksa, Maksimilijan, Makss, Maksymilian, Mass, Massimiliano, Max, Maximiliaan, Maximilian, Maximiliano, Maximilien, Maximillian, Maxmilián, Màx, Máx, Mâx, Mãx, Māx, Măx, Mąx, Mǎx, Mǻx, Mấx, Mầx, Mặx, Ɱặx, Максим, Максимилиан, Максимилиано, Массимилиано, מאקס, מקסימיליאן, مآكس, مأكس, ماکس, مکس, ម៉ាក្ស, Ḿax, Ḿàx, Ḿảx, Ḿầx, Ḿẩx, Ṃăx, 麦克斯, ﻣاكس, ﻣﺎﻛﺲ, Ｍaks, and Ｍax
Maks is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Homer Simpson , the character from The Simpsons franchise; Electro , the fictional character in Marvel Comics, The Amazing Spider-Man 2; Max Greevey , the character in the TV series Law & Order; Maks Baum , character in The Promised Land and Max Payne , the video game character, Max Payne, and in many other works.
| maks morautscher SI (b. 1721) |
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maks pleteršnik Slovene linguist (1840-1923), SI (b. 1840) |
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maks šeber SI (b. 1862) |
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maks klodič Slovenian civil engineer and painter, IT (b. 1875) |
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| maks šeber SI (b. 1822) |
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maks haneman Polish painter, PL (b. 1882) |
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maks koželj Slovenian painter, SI (b. 1883) |
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maks sever SI (b. 1883) |
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| maks samec Slovenian chemist, biochemist, meteorologist and teacher (1844-1889), SI (b. 1844) |
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maks wraber Slovene botanist (1905-1972), SI (b. 1905) |
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maks kon PL (b. 1896) |
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maks strenar IT (b. 1901) |
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maks furijan SI (b. 1904) |
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| maks kernbaum PL (b. 1857) |
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maks pečar (b. 1907) |
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