Maximilian

Maximilian or (more rarely) Maximillian is a male given name. The short form is Max .

Origin, meaning and historical distribution

The name Maximilian comes from the Latin and goes back to the name Maximilianus, a not fully understood extension of Maximus meaning "the greatest".

Several Christian saints bear the name Maximilian, including Maximilianus of Numidia , Maximilian of Celeia and Maximilian Kolbe .

Maximilian was particularly popular in the Danube region in the early modern period, especially since it occurs more frequently with the Habsburgs and Wittelsbachers .

Today's distribution

In 2016, the name took third place in Germany in the frequency statistics of the most popular first names. In the USA, the short form Max is not relevant for the newly assigned first names in 2018 in 136th place, Maximilian in 448th place and Maximillian not relevant.

Name days

• March 12th (St. Maximilian, martyr in Theveste )
• August 14th (St. Maximilian Kolbe )
• October 12 (St. Maximilian von Lorch )

variants

• German - male variants: Max, Maxl, Maxi , Maxim; female variants: Maximiliane , Maxi, Maxa, Maxie, Maxima, Maxime, Maxine
• Breton - Masimilian
• Bulgarian - Максимилиан ( scientific transliteration Maksimilian )
• Danish - Max
• English - male variants: Maximilian, Max; female variants: Maxene, Maxine
• Finnish - Maksimilian, Maks
• French - masculine variants: Maximilien, Maxence ; female variant: Maximilienne
• Italian - Massimiliano
• Latin - Maximilianus, Maximus
• Latvian - Maksimiliāns
• Macedonian - Максимилиjан, Макси, Маки ( scientific transliteration Maksimilijan, Maksi, Maki)
• Dutch - Maximiliaan, Maxim, Max
• Upper Sorbian - Maksymilijan, Maks
• Polish - Maksymilian
• Portuguese - Maximiliano
• Romanian - Maxim
• Russian - Максимилиан ( scientific transliteration Maksimilian ), Максим ( scientific transliteration Maksim )
• Swedish - Maximilian, Max
• Slovenian - male variants: Maksimiljan, Maks, Makse, Maksel, Maksi, Maksim, Maksimilijan, Maksimir, Makso; female variants: Maksa, Maksima, Maksimilijana, Maksimiljana
• Spanish - Maximiliano
• Czech - Maxmilián, Maxmilian
• Ukrainian - Максиміліан ( scientific transliteration Maksimilian ), Максим ( scientific transliteration Maksim )
• Hungarian - Maximilián, Maxim

Name bearer

Maximilian

See also : List of rulers named Maximilian

• Maximilian Beister (* 1990), German soccer player
• Maximilian Braun (1903–1984), German philologist and Slavist
• Maximilian Brückner (* 1979), German actor
• Maximilian Diehn, known as Kontra K (* 1987), German rapper
• Maximilian Dorner (* 1973), German author and journalist
• Maximilian Eggestein (* 1996), German soccer player
• Maximilian Ehrenreich (* 2003), German actor
• Maximilian II. Emanuel ( the Magnanimous; 1662–1726), Elector of Bavaria
• Maximilian Emanuel von Württemberg-Winnental (1689–1709), Prince of the House of Württemberg-Winnental, Swedish colonel
• Maximilian Grill (* 1976), German actor
• Maximilian Gritzner (1843–1902), German heraldist and connoisseur of phaleristics, religious orders
• Maximilian Joseph Gritzner (1794–1872), German industrialist and member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
• Maximilian von der Groeben (* 1992), German actor
• Maximilian Großer (* 2001), German soccer player
• Maximilian Günther (* 1997), German racing car driver
• Maximilian von Hatzfeldt-Trachenberg (1813–1859), Prussian diplomat and envoy
• Maximilian Hermann (* 1991), Austrian handball player
• Maximilian von Hessen-Kassel (1689–1753), imperial field marshal
• Maximilian Janisch (* 2003), Swiss mathematically gifted
• Maximilian Kappler (* 1997), German motorcycle racer
• Maximilian Klostermeier (* 1995 or 1996), German poker player
• Maximilian Kolbe (1894–1941), saint, martyr in Auschwitz concentration camp
• Maximilian Kroll (* 1993), German handball player
• Maximilian Lahnsteiner (* 1996), Austrian ski racer
• Maximilian Lechner (* 1990), Austrian pool player
• Maximilian Macher (1882–1930), Austrian power balloon pilot
• Maximilian Pfender (1907–2001), German engineer and head of the Federal Institute for Materials Testing
• Maximilian Reinelt (1988–2019), German rower
• Maximilian Rolka (* 1996), Polish-German handball player
• Maximilian Ronge (1874–1953), Austrian colonel & head of the registry office, the military secret service of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy
• Maximilian of Saxony was the designated heir to the throne of Saxony from 1827 to 1830
• Maximilian von Sachsen (1870–1951), Saxon prince, Catholic clergyman and scholar (Eastern Church researcher)
• Maximilian Schell (1930–2014), Austrian actor, director and producer
• Maximilian Schüttemeyer (* 1993), German handball player
• Maximilian Weiß (* 1988), German handball player
• Maximilian Weiß (* 1998), German soccer player
• Maximilian Werner (1815–1875), German politician
• Maximilian Werner (* 1996), German actor
• Maximilian von Wimpffen (1770–1854), Austrian field marshal
• Maximilian Wittek (* 1995), German soccer player

Max

• Max Aarons (* 2000), English soccer player
• Max Altergott (* 1991), German-Russian poker player
• Max Aschenborn (1860–1919), Ministerial Director in the Reich Post Office
• Max von Baden (1867–1929), Prussian general and the last Chancellor of the German Empire
• Max Beckmann (1884–1950), German painter, graphic artist, sculptor and author
• Max Bill (1908–1994), Swiss architect, artist and politician
• Max Born (1882–1970), German mathematician and physicist (Nobel Prize in Physics 1954)
• Max Dennstedt (1852–1931), German chemist
• Max Eckard (1914–1998), German actor
• Max Ellen (≈1926–2014), German-American violinist
• Max Emanuel in Bavaria (1849-1893), German officer
• Max Emanuel Herzog in Bavaria (* 1937), German entrepreneur
• Max Emanuel (* 1994), German handball player
• Max Ernst (1891–1976), German painter and sculptor
• Max Frisch (1911–1991), Swiss writer
• Max Gassner (1926–1994), Liechtenstein ski racer
• Max Giesinger (* 1988), German singer, songwriter and music producer
• Max Goldt (* 1958), German writer and musician
• Max Greger (1926–2015), German saxophonist and band leader
• Max Carl Gritzner (1825–1892), German industrialist and inventor
• Max von der Grün (1926–2005), German writer
• Max Häfner (* 1996), German handball player
• Max Hansen (1897–1961), Danish cabaret artist, actor and singer
• Max Heinzelmann (1990-2017), German poker player
• Max Helfferich (1828–1901), German machine manufacturer
• Max Herre (* 1973), German musician
• Max Horkheimer (1895–1973), German social philosopher
• Max Huber (1919–1992), Swiss graphic artist and graphic designer
• Max Immelmann (1890–1916), German fighter pilot in the First World War
• Max Inzinger (* 1945), German TV chef
• Max Jungnickel (1868–1934), German politician (SPD)
• Max Jungnickel (1890–1945), German writer
• Max Keller (1770–1855), German composer and organist
• Max Klaas (* 1993), German percussionist
• Max Koegel (1895–1946), commandant of the Flossenbürg concentration camp
• Max Kröckel (1901–1986), German athlete in the Nordic ski disciplines
• Max Levchin (* 1975), American IT specialist
• Max Liebermann (1847–1935), German painter
• Max Merkel (1918-2006), Austrian football player
• Max Morlock (1925–1994), German football player
• Max Müller (* 1965), Austrian actor and singer
• Max Mutzke (* 1981), German singer and songwriter
• Max Nathan (1919–1960), German racing car driver
• Max Neukirchner (* 1983), German motorcycle racer
• Max Oehler (* 2001), German handball player
• Max Otte (* 1964), German economist
• Max Pallenberg (1877–1934), Austrian singer, actor and comedian
• Max Palmer (1927–1984), American actor and wrestler
• Max Pescatori (* 1971), Italian poker player
• Max Planck (1858–1947), German physicist, founder of quantum physics
• Max Preßler (1815–1886), German engineer, forest scientist, inventor and economist
• Max Raabe (* 1962), German singer and co-founder and director of the Palast Orchester in Berlin
• Max Reinhardt (1873–1943), Austrian theater and film director, artistic director, theater producer and theater founder
• Max Reinthaler (* 1995), Italian soccer player
• Max Sailer (1882–1964), German racing car driver and engineer
• Max zu Schaumburg-Lippe (1898–1974), German racing driver
• Max Schautzer (* 1940), Austrian television presenter
• Max Schmeling (1905-2005), German heavyweight boxer
• Max Schneider (1853–1933), German publicist and publisher
• Max Schneider (1875–1967), German music historian
• Max Schneider (1887 - after 1939), Austrian photographer and painter
• Max Schneider (1904–1979), Swiss physiologist
• Max Schneider (1909–1958), Czechoslovak-German politician (KPČ, SED)
• Max Schneider (1915–1987), German politician (NDPD)
• Max Schneider (1921-2010), Austrian politician (KPÖ)
• Max Schneider (* 1992), American actor
• Max Silver (* 1990), British poker player
• Max Slevogt (1868–1932), German painter, graphic artist, illustrator and set designer
• Max Streibl (1932–1998), German politician (CSU), Bavarian Prime Minister 1988–1993
• Max von Sydow (1929-2020), Swedish-French actor
• Max Verstappen (* 1997), Dutch racing driver
• Max Weber (1864–1920), German lawyer, economist and co-founder of sociology
• Max Werner (* 1953), Dutch singer and drummer

family name

• Felix Maximilian (* 1976), German actor

stage name

• Max Maximilian († 1930), German actor and director

See also

• Max (disambiguation)
• Maxim (disambiguation)
• Maximilian I. (disambiguation)
• Maximilian II (disambiguation)
• Maximilian III (Disambiguation)
• Maxine (disambiguation)
• Maximilian Church
• Prince Maximilian (disambiguation)
• Filial church St. Maximilian (Maximilian)
• Maximilian sausage factory
• Maximilian colliery
• Maximiliansgymnasium (disambiguation)
• Maximilian Society , founded in Berlin in 1911 and re-founded in Hamburg in 1946, bibliophile association
• Maximilian - The Game of Power and Love , TV film by Andreas Prochaska from 2017

Web links

Wiktionary: Maximilian  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Acta Sancti Maximiliani Martyris ( Memento from March 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
• First name Maximilian: Meyer's Large Conversation Lexicon from 1908

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.wortbedeutung.info: Maximilian .
2. ↑ Origin and etymology of the male given name Max. ( Memento of the original from December 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Uni-Leipzig.de , name advice center of the University of Leipzig (PDF file; 9 kB). 
3. ^ Society for the German Language
4. ↑ https://nameberry.com/popular_names/US