Maximus
Latin for "greatest", from the root maximus. Only around 130 men in Poland carry it, so meeting one is the kind of thing you remember.
Maximus Pronunciation
What Maximus means
Where Maximus comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Maximus is Latin to the bone. It is the superlative of magnus, "great," so the name says "greatest." In Polish that is największy. The word existed long before anyone wore it as a name.
Rome gave it to real men. Magnus Maximus claimed the western empire in 383 and held it for five years before he fell. Later came Maximus the Confessor, a seventh-century monk whose writing still gets read in theology classes. Both are documented, not legend.
The Latin root never left Polish. You hear it in maksimum and maksymalny, ordinary words for an upper limit. Read a class register where a small boy is listed as Maximus, and the size of the word sits oddly against him. He will grow into it or he will not. Either way the name keeps its plain sense: greatest, największy.
How many people are named Maximus
1 in 162948 men in Poland is named Maximus. 131 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2901 among male names.
Maximus's popularity over time
4 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1102 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2023.
Where parents choose Maximus
Maximus is most popular in Greater Poland, 904% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025).
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Greater Poland
+904%1 in 107,622 babies
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Greater Poland+904% 2 born1 in 107,622 babies+904%
Maximus as a middle name
Maximus is a first name for 131 men in Poland and a middle name for another 57, a 70/30 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 989th, between Jude (57) and Rajesh (57).
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#987 Hai57
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#988 Jude57
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#989 Maximus57
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#990 Rajesh57
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#991 Raju57