Origin of the name Max:
A short form of Maximulian, Max is also bestowed as an independent given name.
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I couldn't put these in real-life namesakes -- but there is a lot of Max in fashion -- BCBG Max Azria; Max Mara; and of course, TJ Maxx!
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Physicist Max Planck
Max Ernst, surrealist artist
Max Beckmann, German expressionist artist- Max in song, story & screen: | Edit
The young hero of "Where the Wild Things Are"; '80s wacko tv series Max Headroom. There was also Valley Girl speak in which you used to say "To the max!!!"; Mad Max of Road Warrior and Beyond Thunderdome fame; Animated children's series Max and Ruby.
Max Bialystock, character in Mel Brooks' "The Producers"
NameVoyager US Popularity of Max Over Time
NameMapper Current Popularity of Max by State
Global Popularity of the Name Max
- #3 in Belarus
- #11 in Germany
- #16 in Australia (Victoria)
- #18 in Australia (New South Wales)
- #19 in Netherlands
- #19 in New Zealand
- #25 in Sweden
- #30 in England
- #32 in Scotland
- #72 in Ireland
- #90 in Canada (British Columbia)
- #101 in Canada (Alberta)
- #112 in Norway
- #126 in United States
- #330 in Canada (Quebec)
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