Maximilian comes from the Roman name Maximilianus, which was derived from Maximus, a Roman family name meaning ‘the greatest’.
Maximilian is a male first name.
The name Maximilian isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Maximilian ranks 446. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 4 were named Maximilian. In the entire USA, approximately 15,184 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Maximilian. That is 0.00 % of all living Americans.
Maximilian comes from the Roman name Maximilianus, which was derived from Maximus, a Roman family name meaning ‘the greatest’.
This name is very popular.. in German-speaking countries like Austria, Switzerland, and of course Germany.
You may not know anyone named Maximilian, but there’s a good chance you live in the same state as someone with that name. In fact, 39 states are home to men and boys named Maximilian. (To be fair, a given name is only included in a state’s official statistics if there are at least five people with that name living in that state – so it’s entirely possible that there are still a few men and boys named Maximilian living in one state or another. If your name is Maximilian and you live outside of the states highlighted on the map, please let us know so we can refine our statistics even further). And while the first name is present in many states, it is still not one of the popular ones. In California, which has the most people named Maximilian relative to the population, you still have to ask 5,265 men and boys their names before you hear Maximilian as an answer just once.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter M is a particularly popular initial letter for boys’ names – 6.2% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. By the way, the most common first letters for boys’ names are J and A.
With ten letters, the name Maximilian is obviously a particularly long first name used in the U.S.: only 1.8% of all common first names have exactly ten letters. 98% of all first names are shorter, while only 0.6% of all boys’ and girls’ names need more than ten letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long with no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that with 6.2% of all boys' names that begin with an M, this first letter is much more common than the other letters on average. If you are now wondering which boys’ name with M is the most common... the answer is Michael.
If your name is Maximilian and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Maximilian, you can simply say:
Mouse
Apple
Xylophone
Igloo
Mouse
Igloo
Lion
Igloo
Apple
Nut
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Maximilian
Maximilian
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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N
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
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In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Maximilian sounds like this:
