Maximilian

given name · Latin script

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

Maximilian is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. In German, recorded as a male given name, popular currently in Germany.

rarermore common
  • ATAustria≈1 in 888(inferred from the name graph)
  • DEGermany≈1 in 989
  • SESweden1 in 1.7K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈81,000 people, est.

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
288 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 888 (inferred from the name graph)

Austria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

MaximilianLatin(measured from records)
แม็กซิมิเลียนThai(measured from records)
ΜαξιμιλιανGreek(measured from records)

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, popular currently in Germany

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

How Maximilian is read(measured from records)

Maximilian is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • German73%

    a male given name, popular currently in Germany

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

    männl. Vom., der auf die vulgär­ lateinische Form (Maximilianus) des römi­ schen Beinamens Maximillianus, einer Bil­ dung zu lat. mäximus »der

    as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

  • English12%

    Latin: greatest

    as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Maximilian 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 Maximilian is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany#195≈81,000 est.≈1 in 989—Maximilian288
US United States—13,1291 in 25K13KMaximilian286
AT Austria#121≈10,000 est.≈1 in 88825KMaximilian156
CN China—≈8,600 est.≈1 in 161K—Maximilian20
SE Sweden#9135,9971 in 1.7K6KMaximilian61
CH Switzerland#441≈2,000 est.≈1 in 4.3K70Maximilian94
FI Finland—1,0851 in 5.1K1.8K—17

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: Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); FSO — Vornamen der Neugeborenen und Wohnbevölkerung. 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)

Maximilian is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Russian given name46 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Poland, United States, Türkiye

    Languages: Russian, Polish, Ukrainian

    Also written Максимилиан, Maksymilian, Maksimilian, Maximillian, Максиміліян

  • Spanish given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Peru, United States, Argentina, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

    Also written Maximilián, Maximílian, Maximilían

  • French given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, United Kingdom

    Languages: French, Catalan

    Also written Maximilïan, Màximiliàn

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Maximilián, Maximílian

  • Croatian given name28 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, Bulgaria, Russia, United States

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovenian

    Also written Maksimilijan, Maksimilian, Максимилиан, Maximilien, Максимилијан

51 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)

Maximilian 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.

  • from Latin. See main dictionary.

    as a nameA concise dictionary of first names

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)

1400160018002000Maximilian I, b. 1459Maximilian II, b. 1527Max Liebermann, b. 1847Max von Laue, b. 1879Max Born, b. 1882Max Beckmann, b. 1884Max Euwe, b. 1901Wernher von Braun, b. 1912Maximilian Schell, b. 1930Robbie Williams, b. 1974
  • Maximilian Ib. 1459ATHoly Roman Emperor (1459-1519)
  • Maximilian IIb. 1527ATKing of the Romans, King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia (1527-1576)
  • Max Liebermannb. 1847DEnot in their usual nameGerman painter (1847–1935)
  • Max von Laueb. 1879DEnot in their usual nameGerman physicist, Nobel laureate and anti-Nazi (1879–1960)
  • Max Bornb. 1882GBnot in their usual nameGerman-Jewish physicist and mathematician (1882–1970)
  • Max Beckmannb. 1884DEnot in their usual nameGerman painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor and writer (1884–1950)
  • Max Euweb. 1901NLnot in their usual nameDutch chess player and mathematician
  • Wernher von Braunb. 1912USnot in their usual nameGerman and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)
  • Maximilian Schellb. 1930ATSwiss and Austrian film and stage actor (1930–2014)
  • Robbie Williamsb. 1974GBnot in their usual nameBritish singer (born 1974)

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 78 sources across 37 countries.

Reference works 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name 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 Maximilian mean, and where does it come from?
a male given name, popular currently in Germany Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Maximilian a male or female name?
Maximilian 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 Maximilian have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 81 thousand people named Maximilian in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled maximilian.
What are other forms of the name Maximilian?
In the etymology graph, Maximiliano, Massimiliano and Maximilien are forms of the same name in other languages; Max is a recorded short or pet form.
How common is the name Maximilian?
In the United States, the national register counted 13,129 people named Maximilian in 2020, about 1 in 25 thousand residents.
How common is Maximilian compared with other names?
In Germany, Maximilian is the 195th most common given name of 156,202 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, “Maximilian” — the 195th most common given name in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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