Baby name
RISING
🇦🇺 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 Maximus
/MAX · ih · mus/
Meaning
“The greatest”
Pure Latin superlative meaning the greatest; used in Rome for emperors and generals, popularized for a new generation by the film Gladiator.
Nicknames
max
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Powerful and cinematic; ages with Roman weight, though the Gladiator association will eventually fade.
The cultural moment.
Rising sharply in the US and Australia after 2000; top 100 in the US by 2015.