Origin:Latin / Scottish; Old English
Meaning:Greatest / Mack’s stream
Max is a shortened form of the names Maximilian or Maxwell. Maximilian comes from the Roman family name Maximilianus, which was derived from the Latin word maximus, meaning "greatest". Maxwell is a Scottish surname meaning "Mack’s stream" from the name Mack and the Old English word wille, meaning "well" or "stream". As a given name, it reached its peak popularity in the early 2010s.
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