Maxim

Maxim ( Maksim, Максим ) is the Slavic form of Latin Maximus ( " the greatest" ). The distribution of the name, especially in the Orthodox context peoples goes back to the former popularity of the Byzantine saint Maximus the Confessor.

The name may refer to:

Maxim (car brand ), a former British car brand
Maxim ( cinema ), one of Munich's oldest cinema
Maxim ( magazine ), a men's magazine
Maxim Gorki Theatre, a theater in Berlin
Maxim Gorky Literature Institute, a Moscow Institute of literary creation
Maxim Gorkiy, a Russian cruise ship
Maxim Integrated, and Maxim Integrated Products, a company for electronic components
Maxim brand products, a German cosmetics company based in Pulheim
Maxim machine gun, a machine gun from the 19th century
Maxim is a pseudonym of Keith Palmer, singer of The Prodigy (also: Maxim Reality)
Attila Murat Aydın, German -Turkish graffiti artists, breakdancers, beatboxers and rappers

Maxim is the first name of the following persons:

Maxim (musician ), the musician Maxim Richarz.
Maxim ( Patriarch ) (1914-2012) 1971-2012 Patriarch of Sofia
Maxim Berezovsky Sosontowitsch (1745-1777), Russian composer
Maxim Biller (* 1960), German writer
Maxim Dlugy (born 1966 ), American chess player
Maxim Drüner ( born 1984 ), known as Maxim rapper of the Berlin hip- hop band KIZ
Maxim Alexandrovich Galkin ( b. 1976 ), Russian comedian, presenter and singer
Maxim Gorky ( Alexei Maximowitsch Peshkov; 1868-1936 ), Russian writer
Maxim the Greek (1470-1556), a Greek monk, writer and translator
Maxim Iglinski ( born 1981 ), Kazakh cyclist
Maxim Lvovitch Konze Petrovich (* 1964), Russian mathematician
Maxim Litvinov Maximowitsch (1876-1951), former Soviet Foreign Minister
Maxim Viktorovich Marinin (* 1977), Russian figure skaters
Maxim Sergeyevich Matlakow (* 1991), Russian chess player
Maxim Odnodworzew ( born 1980 ), Kazakh skiers
Maxim Podoprigora (* 1978), Austrian swimmer
Maxim Roy (born 1972 ), Canadian actress
Maxim Stawiski ( b. 1977 ), Bulgarian figure skaters
Maxim Vengerov ( born 1974 ), Russian violinist
Maxim Zetkin (1883-1965), German politician and surgeon

Maxim is a surname, and may refer to:

Alexandru Maxim (* 1990), the Romanian football player
Daze Maxim ( b. 1977 ), Polish electronic musician
Hiram Maxim (1840-1916), British inventor
Hiram Percy Maxim (1869-1936), American inventor
Joey Maxim (1922-2001), American boxer