Massimiliano
An Italian name from the Latin for "greatest". In Poland it stays rare: only about 180 men carry it, and most Poles have never met one.
Massimiliano Pronunciation
What Massimiliano means
Where Massimiliano comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Massimiliano is the Italian shape of a Latin name, Maximilianus, and it grew from maximus, the word for greatest. Roman writers already knew the emperor Maximian in the third century. Italy kept the long, rolling form, while Polish trimmed the same root down to Maksymilian.
The meaning stays close to the surface. Maximus meant greatest to Roman ears, and the name inherited that superlative whole. The root points one way. There is no softer reading hiding behind it.
Poland knows this root best through Maksymilian Kolbe, the friar who died at Auschwitz in 1941 and was canonised in 1982. A boy called Massimiliano on a Polish class register would stand out at once, an Italian guest among the Bartoszes and Kacpers. In Italian mouths the name keeps all five syllables of maximus, and all of its meaning: greatest.
How many people are named Massimiliano
1 in 120600 men in Poland is named Massimiliano. 177 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2393 among male names.
Massimiliano's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Where parents choose Massimiliano
Massimiliano is most popular in Masovian, 510% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025).
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Masovian
+510%1 in 177,133 babies
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Masovian+510% 2 born1 in 177,133 babies+510%
Massimiliano as a middle name
Massimiliano is a first name for 177 men in Poland and a middle name for another 25, an 88/12 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1722nd, between Levente (25) and Mordechay (25).
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#1720 Kristofer25
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#1721 Levente25
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#1722 Massimiliano25
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#1723 Mordechay25
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#1724 Octavian25