Maksymin
Just eight Polish men carry it, so most Poles will never meet one. It grows from the Latin maximus, "greatest," the same stem behind Maksym and Maksymilian, and in daily use it shortens to Maks.
Maksymin Pronunciation
Maksymin is pronounced mahk-SIH-meen (/makˈsɨmin/).
What Maksymin means
Where Maksymin comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Maksymin grows from Latin. The root is "maximus," meaning greatest, and the name shares that stem with Maksym and Maksymilian. In Polish the sense is największy. Cut it down to everyday size and you get Maks, the diminutive most bearers actually answer to.
The Romans used the fuller form. Maximinus was the name of a third-century emperor, Maximinus Thrax, who ruled from 235 to 238. A later Saint Maximinus of Trier carried it into the church calendar, which is how such a name survives past the empire that coined it.
"Greatest" sits oddly on a newborn. The Latin was a superlative before it was anyone's name, and the claim landed on whoever received it afterward. A boy named Maksymin on a class register does not have to be the biggest in the room. The name states a claim; the child fills it in over time.
There is a feminine counterpart, Maksymina. Same Latin root, same short meaning, największy.
When Maksymin celebrates name day
Maksymin appears 3 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 29 May.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Maksymin
1 in 2668274 men in Poland is named Maksymin. 8 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #19032 among male names.
Maksymin as a middle name
Maksymin is a first name for 8 men in Poland and a middle name for another 5, a 62/38 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 4854th, between Maksymiljan (5) and Malachy (5).
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#4852 Makar5
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#4853 Maksymiljan5
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#4854 Maksymin5
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#4855 Malachy5
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#4856 Manoel5