Max
Germanic at root, a short form of Maximilian meaning "greatest". Only about 2,700 Poles carry it, nearly all men, yet it keeps climbing: more boys got it last year than in most years before.
Max Pronunciation
What Max means
Where Max comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Max is a short, hard name with Germanic roots, at home in both German and English. Speakers of both languages have used it for generations. It travels light. The short meaning is blunt: greatest.
In Poland it often arrives on a class register between a Jakub and a Zofia, four letters a five-year-old can already write. A Polish fact anchors the longer form: the feast of Maximilian Kolbe falls on 14 August, and many who carry that name mark their imieniny then. Max keeps the grandeur while shedding the syllables.
A name meaning greatest sets a high bar, though the word wears lightly on a small boy. Germanic by origin, German and English by habit, Max stays what the meaning says: greatest.
How many people are named Max
1 in 7992 men in Poland is named Max. 2,715 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #615 among male names.
Max's popularity over time
72 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #287 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2001.
Where parents choose Max
Max is most popular in Pomeranian, 56% above the national average (52 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Opole (+53%) and West Pomeranian (+51%). It is least common in Podlaskie and Łódź, 66% and 48% below average respectively.
-
Pomeranian
+56%1 in 2,833 babies
-
Opole
+53%1 in 2,881 babies
-
West Pomeranian
+51%1 in 2,911 babies
-
Podlaskie
−66%1 in 13,157 babies
-
Łódź
−48%1 in 8,448 babies
-
Subcarpathian
−45%1 in 8,038 babies
-
Pomeranian+56% 52 born1 in 2,833 babies+56%
-
Opole+53% 16 born1 in 2,881 babies+53%
-
West Pomeranian+51% 29 born1 in 2,911 babies+51%
-
Silesian+32% 68 born1 in 3,347 babies+32%
-
Lower Silesian+21% 43 born1 in 3,654 babies+21%
-
Kuyavian-Pomeranian+17% 29 born1 in 3,772 babies+17%
-
Lesser Poland+11% 57 born1 in 3,981 babies+11%
-
Greater Poland+4% 51 born1 in 4,220 babies+4%
-
Masovian−9% 73 born1 in 4,853 babies−9%
-
Lubusz−11% 10 born1 in 4,966 babies−11%
-
Warmian-Masurian−26% 12 born1 in 5,983 babies−26%
-
Lublin−36% 15 born1 in 6,845 babies−36%
-
Subcarpathian−45% 15 born1 in 8,038 babies−45%
-
Łódź−48% 15 born1 in 8,448 babies−48%
-
Podlaskie−66% 5 born1 in 13,157 babies−66%
Max as a middle name
Max is a first name for 2,715 men in Poland and a middle name for another 697, an 80/20 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 273rd, between Eduardo (697) and Jonatan (688).
-
#271 Jonasz698
-
#272 Eduardo697
-
#273 Max697
-
#274 Jonatan688
-
#275 Bazyli685