Maxime
given name · Latin script
Meaning: From Lat. maximus 'greatest'; used for both sexes in French
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/maksim/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Maxime is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Russia than in any other country, where it is the 30th most common given name.
- FRFrance≈1 in 375(inferred from the name graph)
- RURussia≈1 in 95as Максим
- BYBelarus≈1 in 143as Максим
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Maxime itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Russia (inferred from the name graph)
- #72 (measured from records)
- 7 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 431 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 375 (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,500,000 named Максим, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Максим in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, BY Belarus, Maksym in PL Poland and Maxim in MD Moldova.
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)
From Lat. maximus 'greatest'; used for both sexes in French.
Sources 1
- Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Maxime 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RU Russia | #30 | ≈1,500,000 est. | ≈1 in 95 | #17 | Максим | 245 |
| UA Ukraine | #43 | ≈240,000 est. | ≈1 in 181 | listed | Максим | 162 |
| FR France | #46 | ≈180,000 est. | ≈1 in 375 | 224K | Maxime | 431 |
| BY Belarus | #25 | ≈66,000 est. | ≈1 in 143 | 102 | Максим | 81 |
| PL Poland | #484 | 56,052as Maksym | 1 in 683 | 56K | Maksym | 115 |
| MD Moldova | #301 | 31,953as Maxim | 1 in 105 | 32K | Maxim | 48 |
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: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); Universal Dependencies Belarusian-HSE Corpus — Person Names (UD_Belarusian-HSE); e-services.md — living population register. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Maxime is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, a male given name from Latin Maximus
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, Origine latine, de Maximus; signifie « le plus grand ». Forme liée à Maxence.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, Du latin maximus, « le plus grand »; fêté le 14 avril (saint Maxime).
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Du latin maximus « le plus grand »; saint Maxime.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Latin, de Maximus, «le plus grand».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
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)
- Maxime Du Campb. 1822FRFrench photographer and writer (1822–1894)
- Maxime Weygandb. 1867FRFrench general (1867–1965)
- Maxime Bôcherb. 1867USAmerican mathematician (1867–1918)
- Paul Nurseb. 1949GBnot in their usual nameNobel prize winning British biochemist
- Arielle Dombasleb. 1953FRnot in their usual nameAmerican-born French-Mexican actress and singer
- Maxime Bossisb. 1955FRFrench football player and manager (born 1955)
- Maxime Bernierb. 1963CACanadian lawyer and politician
- Maxime Alexandreb. 1971BEBelgian Italian Cinematographer
- Guillaume Depardieub. 1971FRnot in their usual nameFrench actor (1971-2008)
- Maxime Vachier-Lagraveb. 1990FRFrench chess player
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)
Attested in 91 sources across 50 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 224K | #105 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 1.3K | #661 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 421 | #778 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 400 | #762 |
| MD Moldova | e-services.md — living population register | — | 63 | #1,186 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 10 | #7,032 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 10 | #7,033 |
| PL Poland | Ministry of Digitalization — Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce (2000–present) | 2025 | 6 | — |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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 Maxime mean, and where does it come from?
- From Lat. maximus 'greatest'; used for both sexes in French. Recorded by Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms.
- Is Maxime a male or female name?
- Maxime 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 Maxime have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.5 million people named Максим in Russia, more than in any other country we hold.
- How do you pronounce Maxime?
- A machine transcription gives /maksim/ (IPA) for French.
- What are other forms of the name Maxime?
- In the etymology graph, Max, Maksym and Massimo are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How common is the name Maxime?
- In Poland, the national register counted 56,052 people named Maksym in 2026, about 1 in 683 residents.
- How common is Maxime compared with other names?
- In Russia, Maxime is the 30th most common given name of 472,143 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/maximeThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Maxime” — the 30th most common given name in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.