Maximilian

Maximilian Maximillian or rare is a male first name. The short form is Max

Origins and meanings

The name Maximilian comes from Latin and is the name Maximinianus, an extension of Maximus, meaning " the greatest" back.

Several Christian saints bearing the name Maximilian, including Maximilianus of Numidia, Maximilian of Celeia and Maximilian Kolbe.

The name was very popular in the early modern period, especially in the Danube region, particularly since it is more common especially with the Habsburgs and Wittelsbach. In 2004 he was one of Germany's 30 most frequently awarded first name.

In Germany John Doe is a commonly used as name for forms and databases.

Name Days

Variants

• German - male variants: Max, Maxie, Maxim; female variants: Maximiliane, Maxa, Maxi, Maxie, Maxima, Maxime
• Breton - Masimilian
• Bulgarian - Максимилиан (scientific transliteration Maksimilian )
• Danish - Max
• English - male variants: Maximilian, Max; female variants: Maxene, Maxine
• Finnish - Maksimilian
• French - male variants: Maximilien, Maxence; female version: Maximilienne
• Italian - Massimiliano
• Latin - Maximilianus, Maximus
• Latvian - Maksimiliāns
• Dutch - Maximiliaan, Maxim, Max
• Upper Sorbian - Maksymilijan, Maks
• Polish - Maksymilian
• Portuguese - Maximiliano
• Romanian - Maxim
• Russian - Максимилиан (scientific transliteration Maksimilian ) Максим (scientific transliteration Maksim )
• Swedish - Maximilian, Max
• Slovenian - male variants: Maksimiljan, Maks, makse, Maksel, Maksi, Maksim, Maksimilijan, Maksimir, Makso; female variants: Maksa, Maksima, Maksimilijana, Maksimiljana
• Czech - Maxmilián, Maxmillian
• Turkish - Maximilian
• Ukrainian - Максиміліан (scientific transliteration Maksimilian ) Максим (scientific transliteration Maksim )
• Hungarian - Maximilián, Maxim

Bearers of the name ( or Maximilian Max )

See also: List of rulers named Maximilian

• Max Aschenborn, Assistant Secretary in the Reich Post Office (1860-1919)
• Max von Baden (1867-1929), Prussian general and the last Chancellor of the German Empire
• Max Beckmann (1884-1950), German painter, graphic artist, sculptor and author
• Maximilian Beister (* 1990), German football player
• Maximilian Brückner (* 1979), German actor
• Max Born (1882-1970) German mathematician and physicist ( Nobel Prize in Physics 1954)
• Max Dennstedt (1852-1931), Chemist
• Max Eckard (1914-1998), German actor
• Maximilian Ehrenreich (* 2003), German actor
• Maximilian II Emanuel (Bayern) ( the Magnanimous; 1662-1726 ), Elector of Bavaria
• Maximilian Emanuel of Württemberg- Winnental (1689-1709), prince of the house of Württemberg- Winnental, Swedish Colonel
• Max Emanuel of Bavaria (1849-1893), German officer
• Max Emanuel Duke in Bavaria ( * 1937 ), German entrepreneur
• Max Emanuel ( handball player ) (* 1994), German handball player
• Max Ernst (1891-1976), German painter and sculptor
• Max Frisch (1911-1991), Swiss writer
• Max Goldt (* 1958), German writer and musician
• Max Greger ( born 1926 ), German saxophonist and bandleader
• Maximilian Grill ( * 1976 ), German actor
• Maximilian of the Groeben (* 1992), German actor
• Max von der Grün (1926-2005), German writer
• Max Hansen (1897-1961), Danish comedian, actor and singer
• Maximilian Hermann ( * 1991), Austrian handball player
• Maximilian of Hesse (1689-1753), the imperial field marshal
• Max Jungnickel ( politician ) ( 1868-1934 ), German politician ( SPD)
• Max Jungnickel ( writer ) ( 1890-1945 ), German writer
• Max Keller (1770-1855), German composer and organist
• Maximilian "Max" Klaas (* 1993), German -coming musicians and percussionist
• Max Koegel (1895-1946), commander of the concentration camp Flossenbiirg
• Maximilian Kroll (* 1993), German handball player
• Max Liebermann (1847-1935), German painter
• Max Morlock (1925-1994), German football player
• Max Mutzke (* 1981), German singer and songwriter
• Max Neukirchen (* 1983), German motorcycle racer
• Max Otte ( b. 1964 ), German economist
• Max Pallenberg (1877-1934), Austrian singer, actor and comedian
• Max Planck (1858-1947), German physicist, founder of quantum physics
• Max Preßler (1815-1886), German engineer, forest scientist, inventor and economist
• Maximilian Ronge (1874-1953), Austrian Colonel & Chief dese Registry offices, the military intelligence of the imperial monarchy
• Max Raabe (born 1962 ), German singer and co-founder and head of the Palast Orchester in Berlin
• Max of Saxony (1870-1951), Saxon prince, a Catholic priest and scholar ( Eastern Churches researchers )
• Max zu Schaumburg -Lippe (1898-1974), German racing driver
• Maximilian Schell (1930-2014), Austrian actor, director and producer
• Max Schmeling (1905-2005), German heavyweight boxer
• Max Schneider (music historian ) ( 1875-1967 ), German historian of music
• Max Schneider ( engineer), German engineer and patent attorney
• Max Schneider ( physiologist ) ( 1904-1979 ), Swiss physiologist
• Max Schneider ( singer) ( 1906-1982 ), German singer
• Max Schneider (SED ) ( 1909-1958 ), the Czechoslovak- German politician ( KSČ, SED)
• Max Schneider ( NDPD ) ( 1915-1987 ), German politician ( NDPD )
• Max Schneider ( KPO ) ( 1921-2010 ), Austrian politician ( KPO )
• Max Schneider (SS Member) ( born 1925 ), German SS Member
• Max Schneider (CDU ) (* 1926), German politician ( CDU)
• Max Schneider ( Green ) ( born 1952 ), Austrian politician ( Green )
• Max Schneider (actor ) (* 1992), American actor
• Maximilian Schüttemeyer (* 1993), German handball player
• Max Weber (1864-1920), German jurist, economist and co-founder of sociology
• Maximilian White ( * 1988), German handball player
• Maximilian Werner ( politician ) ( 1815-1875 ), German politician
• Maximilian Werner (actor ) (* 1996), German actor
• Maximilian of Wimpffen (1770-1854), Austrian field marshal

Family name

• Felix Maximilian (born 1976 ), German actor

Artist Name

• Max Maximilian († 1930), German actor and director