Maksimilian

The proper transcription for the spelling provided in this entry (Максимильян) is actually Maksimilyan, not Maksimilian. You see, the standard transcription for the letter я in the name is "ya", while "ia" and "ja" are usually considered variant transcriptions. As such, one can argue that for this particular spelling, Maksimilyan is the main Russian form and Maksimilian is the variant transcription.

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You might also want to compare some names in the main database for this, such as:

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- Anya (Аня) is the main form, while Ania (Аня) is a variant transcription.
- Ilya (Илья) is the main form, while Ilia (Илья) is a variant transcription.
- Yuliya (Юлия) is the main form, while Yulia (Юлия) is a variant transcription.

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Taking a look at the names Demyan (Демьян) and Sevastyan (Севастьян) in the main database is also a good idea, as they end in -ян (-yan) just like the Russian spelling for this name does, but are correctly transcribed.

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With that said, you should know that the spelling provided in this entry is not the main Russian spelling of the ancient Roman name Maximilianus. The main spelling is Максимилиан (Maksimilian), while Максимильян (Maksimilyan, also variantly transcribed as Maksimilian) is a variant spelling. This is indicated on the Russian websites listed below, but it also shows on Google, where Максимилиан (Maksimilian) yields 1,440,000 search results and Максимильян (Maksimilyan) only 81,000 search results.

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- http://kurufin.ru/html/Rus_names/rus_m.html (in Russian; scroll down until you see "Maximilianus" in one of the columns on the right)
- http://kurufin.ru/html/Translate/Maksimilian.html (in Russian)
- https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD (in Russian)

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