Maximiliano
From Latin, meaning "greatest", the Spanish cousin of Polish Maksymilian. Only about 138 men in Poland carry it, so meeting one sticks in the memory, though the trickle of newborns each year is edging upward.
Maximiliano Pronunciation
What Maximiliano means
Where Maximiliano comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Maximiliano comes from the Latin Maximilianus, and behind it stands maximus, the word for greatest. Spanish gave the name its warm final vowel, and Spanish speakers across two continents carry it today. Its Polish counterpart is Maksymilian, and the short form Maks does the daily work of the classroom and the football pitch.
The name has a datable birth. Emperor Frederick III is said to have joined the Roman surnames Maximus and Aemilianus for his son, Maximilian I, born in 1459. The sense of greatest sat in the name from the start, since maximus means exactly that.
In Poland the name belongs above all to Maksymilian Kolbe, the friar who died at Auschwitz in 1941. His imieniny falls on 14 August, the anniversary of that death. Read a class register in a Polish school and you will find a Maks or two, the diminutive shortening greatest to one quick syllable.
How many people are named Maximiliano
1 in 154683 men in Poland is named Maximiliano. 138 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2807 among male names.
Maximiliano's popularity over time
3 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1299 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2023.
Where parents choose Maximiliano
Maximiliano 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%
Maximiliano as a middle name
Maximiliano is a first name for 138 men in Poland and a middle name for another 64, a 68/32 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 908th, between Luís (64) and Maxwell (64).
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#906 Lotar64
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#907 Luís64
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#908 Maximiliano64
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#909 Maxwell64
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#910 Nikolaus64