Maxim (name)

Maxim or Maksim (Максим) is the Slavic form of the Latin Maximus ("the greatest"). The spread of the name, especially in the Orthodox peoples, goes back to the former popularity of the Byzantine saint Maximus the Confessor .

Name bearer

First name

Variant of Maksim

• Maksim Bahdanowitsch (1891–1917), Belarusian poet, writer, translator and publicist
• Maksim Malenkih (* 1980), Kyrgyz summer biathlete
• Maksim Maljuzin (* 1988), Belarusian ice hockey goalkeeper
• Maksim Mrvica (* 1975), Croatian pianist
• Maksim Ramashchanka (* 1976), Belarusian football player
• Maksim Samtschenko (* 1979), Kazakh football player
• Maksim Schalmaghambetow (* 1983), Kazakh football player
• Maksim Shatskix (* 1978), Uzbek football player

Variant of Maxim

• Maxim (musician) ( Maxim Richarz; * 1982), German musician
• Maxim (Patriarch) (1914–2012), Patriarch of Sofia from 1971 to 2012
• Maxim Sergejewitsch Afinogenow (* 1979), Russian ice hockey player
• Maxim Sosontowitsch Berezovsky (1745–1777), Russian composer
• Maxim Biller (* 1960), German writer
• Maxim Borodin (around 1985-2018), Russian investigative journalist
• Maxim Dlugy (* 1966), American chess player
• Maxim Drüner (* 1984), rapper of the Berlin hip-hop group KIZ , known as Maxim
• Maxim Alexandrowitsch Galkin (* 1976), Russian comedian, presenter and singer
• Maxim Gorki ( Alexei Maximowitsch Peschkow; 1868-1936), Russian writer
• Maxim the Greek (1470–1556), Greek monk, writer and translator
• Maxim Iglinski (* 1981), Kazakh racing cyclist
• Maxim Lwowitsch Konzewitsch (* 1964), Russian mathematician
• Maxim Maximowitsch Litvinow (1876–1951), former Soviet Foreign Minister
• Maxim Wassiljewitsch Lykow (* 1987), Russian poker player
• Maxim Viktorovich Marinin (* 1977), Russian figure skater
• Maxim Sergejewitsch Matlakow (* 1991), Russian chess player
• Maxim Odnodworzew (* 1980), Kazakh cross-country skier
• Maxim Podoprigora (* 1978), Austrian swimmer
• Maxim Roy (born 1972), Canadian actress
• Maxim Stawiski (* 1977), Bulgarian figure skater
• Maxim Vengerov (* 1974), Russian violinist
• Maxim Zetkin (1883–1965), German politician and surgeon

family name

• Alexandru Maxim (* 1990), Romanian football player
• Daze Maxim (* 1977), Polish electronic musician
• Hiram Maxim (1840-1916), British inventor
• Hiram Percy Maxim (1869–1936), American inventor
• Joey Maxim (1922-2001), American boxer

pseudonym

• MakSim (* 1983), Russian pop singer
• Keith Palmer (also: Maxim Reality; * 1967), MC / singer with The Prodigy
• Attila Murat Aydın (also: Mighty Maxim; 1970–2003), German-Turkish graffiti artist and rapper