The first name Maxime

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About the first name Maxime

Meaning

The name Maxime traditionally means “the greatest”.

Historical origin

The name Maxime comes from Latin Maximus, the superlative of magnus “great”.

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The use of Maxime shows how names from Roman antiquity entered the European given-name repertoire.

Pronunciation:maks-immaks.im

Frequency of the first name Maxime by baptism year

The chart below shows the frequency of the first name Maxime by the year of baptisms listed in Genealogy Quebec’s data. It highlights the periods when this first name appears most often and its evolution across generations.

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Annual evolution of the first name MaximeLine chart showing the frequency of the first name Maxime in baptisms by year.50037525012501765181418631912196120101765–1769 3 baptisms1790–1794 6 baptisms1795–1799 15 baptisms1800–1804 36 baptisms1805–1809 54 baptisms1810–1814 165 baptisms1815–1819 186 baptisms1820–1824 222 baptisms1825–1829 228 baptisms1830–1834 237 baptisms1835–1839 276 baptisms1840–1844 285 baptisms1845–1849 325 baptisms1850–1854 414 baptisms1855–1859 330 baptisms1860–1864 186 baptisms1865–1869 243 baptisms1870–1874 144 baptisms1875–1879 126 baptisms1880–1884 72 baptisms1885–1889 63 baptisms1890–1894 15 baptisms1895–1899 36 baptisms1900–1904 18 baptisms1905–1909 15 baptisms1910–1914 9 baptisms1920–1924 6 baptisms1925–1929 9 baptisms1930–1934 3 baptisms1940–1944 3 baptisms1945–1949 12 baptisms1950–1954 6 baptisms1955–1959 3 baptisms1960–1964 3 baptisms1965–1969 6 baptisms1970–1974 6 baptisms1975–1979 39 baptisms1980–1984 165 baptisms1985–1989 402 baptisms1990–1994 486 baptisms1995–1999 225 baptisms2000–2004 84 baptisms2005–2009 15 baptisms2010–2014 6 baptisms

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