Maximus

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Usage

Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Iceland Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Roman cognomen deriving from Latin maximus = 'greatest' (see also -us) [1]

Related Names

Maximo
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Danish Finish Norwegian Swedish
Maximus
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Danish Finish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Maxximus
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Swedish

See also Massimo, Max, Maximilianus, Maxime, Maximinus

For female forms see Maxima

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Maximusarson Iceland
Maximusson Iceland

Female

Maximusardóttir Iceland
Maximusdóttir Iceland

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Maximus
Genitive: Maximus'
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Maximus
Genitive: Maximuksen
Partitive: Maximusta
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Maximus
Accusative: Maximus
Dative: Maximusi
Genitive: Maximusar
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Maximus
Genitive: Maximus'
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Maximus
Genitive: Maximus' / Maximus

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[5]
467 995 0 3 467 992
Finland Finland[6]
n.a.
392 0 0
n.a.
392
Denmark Denmark[7]
90
n.a.
0
n.a.
90
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[8]
6 9
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[9]
35
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
35
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[10]
0 0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Maximus (m) Sources: [5][7][9][6]


References

  1. Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  2. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  3. Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  4. Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  5. 5.0 5.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  6. 6.0 6.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  7. 7.0 7.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  8. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  9. 9.0 9.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  10. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/