![]() | MAXIMILIAN male German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish From the Roman name Maximilianus, which was derived from MAXIMUS. It was borne by a 3rd-century saint and martyr. In the 15th century the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III gave this name to his son and eventual heir. In this case it was a blend of the names of the Roman generals Fabius Maximus and Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus (see EMILIANO), who Frederick admired. It was subsequently borne by a second Holy Roman Emperor, two kings of Bavaria, and a short-lived Habsburg emperor of Mexico. | |||||||||||||||||||
![]() | MAXIMUS male Ancient Roman Roman family name which was derived from Latin maximus "greatest". Saint Maximus was a monk and theologian from Constantinople in the 7th century. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| EQUIVALENTS |
| ANCIENT ROMAN: Maximilianus |
| CZECH: Maxmilián |
| DANISH: Maximilian |
| DUTCH: Maximiliaan |
| ENGLISH: Maximilian |
| FRENCH: Maximilien |
| GERMAN: Maximilian |
| HUNGARIAN: Miksa |
| ITALIAN: Massimiliano |
| NORWEGIAN: Maximilian |
| POLISH: Maksymilian |
| PORTUGUESE: Maximiliano |
| RUSSIAN: Maksimilian |
| SLOVAK: Maximilián |
| SPANISH: Maximiliano |
| SWEDISH: Maximilian |
| DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS |
| DANISH: Max |
| DUTCH: Max |
| ENGLISH: Max |
| GERMAN: Max |
| NORWEGIAN: Max |
| SWEDISH: Max |
| FEMININE FORMS |
| ANCIENT ROMAN: Maximiliana |
| ENGLISH: Maxene, Maxine |
| FRENCH: Maximilienne |
| GERMAN: Maximiliane |
| OTHER FORMS |
| ANCIENT ROMAN: Maxima, Maximianus, Maximinus, Maximus |
| BELARUSIAN: Maksim, Maxim |
| FRENCH: Maxime |
| ITALIAN: Massimo |
| MACEDONIAN: Maksim |
| POLISH: Maksym |
| PORTUGUESE: Maximiano, Maximino |
| RUSSIAN: Maks, Maksim, Maxim |
| SPANISH: Máxima, Maximiano, Maximino, Máximo |
| UKRAINIAN: Maksim, Maksym, Maxim |
| WELSH: Macsen, Maxen |