Maksims

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Maksims is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Latvia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: a male given name from Latin of Latvian speakers.

rarermore common
  • LVLatvia1 in 222(measured from records)
  • ISIceland1 in 15K
  • DKDenmark1 in 147K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Latvia (measured from records)

8,491 people

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
49 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 222 (inferred from the name graph)

Latvia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

MaksimsLatin(measured from records)
МаксимсCyrillic(measured from records)

Locally spelled Максимс in LV Latvia.

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)

a male given name from Latin of Latvian speakers

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Maksims counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Maksims is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
LV Latvia#8638,4911 in 2228.5KМаксимс19
PL Poland—741 in 517K74Maksims7
ES Spain—551 in 909K55—1
SE Sweden—411 in 249K41——
DK Denmark—401 in 147K40——
IS Iceland—241 in 15K24——

8,491 people counted by PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register), counting the spelling maksims. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register); PMLP — Personvārdu meklētājs (per-name population-register lookup); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

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

Maksims is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Serbian given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Latvia

    Languages: Serbian, Slovenian, Croatian

    Also written Максимс

25 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)

Maksims is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Latvian, Balsta ložmetēja tips; bija izplatīts 20. gs. pirmajā pusē

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, Vīrieša vārds

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, Maksimums

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

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)

1850190019502000Maxim Litvinov, b. 1876Maksim Purkayev, b. 1894Maksym Rylsky, b. 1895Maxim Shostakovich, b. 1938Maxim Kontsevich, b. 1964Maxim Vengerov, b. 1974Max Mirnyi, b. 1977Maksim Shatskikh, b. 1978Maksim Matveyev, b. 1982MakSim, b. 1983
  • Maxim Litvinovb. 1876RUnot in their usual nameSoviet diplomat and foreign minister (1876–1951)
  • Maksim Purkayevb. 1894RUnot in their usual nameSoviet general (1894–1953)
  • Maksym Rylskyb. 1895UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian poet (1895–1964)
  • Maxim Shostakovichb. 1938RUnot in their usual nameSoviet, American and Russian conductor and pianist
  • Maxim Kontsevichb. 1964RUnot in their usual nameRussian-born French mathematician and Fields Medallist
  • Maxim Vengerovb. 1974DEnot in their usual nameRussian violinist, violist, and conductor
  • Max Mirnyib. 1977BYnot in their usual nameBelarusian tennis player
  • Maksim Shatskikhb. 1978UZnot in their usual nameUzbekistani footballer
  • Maksim Matveyevb. 1982RUnot in their usual nameRussian film and theater actor (born 1982)
  • MakSimb. 1983RUnot in their usual nameRussian singer

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 19 sources across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Maksims
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
LV LatviaPMLP — Personvārdu meklētājs (per-name population-register lookup)—8.5K#47
LV LatviaPMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register)—8.5K—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)202674#2,550
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—60#2,750
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—55#25,688
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—41#15,642
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—40#2,752
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—31#19,034
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201730—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201627—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201826—
IS IcelandÞjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry)202624—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Maksims mean, and where does it come from?
a male given name from Latin of Latvian speakers Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Maksims a male or female name?
Maksims is a male 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 Maksims have the most bearers?
In Latvia, the national register counted about 8.5 thousand people named Maksims, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled максимс.
Where is Maksims most common?
Maksims is densest in Latvia, where the national register counts about 1 in 222 people carrying it.
How common is the name Maksims?
In Latvia, the national register counted 8,491 people named Maksims, about 1 in 222 residents.
How common is Maksims compared with other names?
In Latvia, Maksims is the 863rd most common given name of 11,601 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Maksims” — the 863rd most common given name in Latvia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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