Maxim

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Also Dutch: https://nvb.meertens.knaw.nl/naam/is/Maxim
― guasguendi  1/6/2024
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I know the languages are not related, but Maxim in Hebrew means "charming", and I think it adds another nice perspective of this name πŸ™‚.
― chani chan  9/7/2022,  edited 9/7/2022
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In English, this is pronounced MAK-sǝm.
― Crystal_Wolf  5/29/2021
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Looks like "maximum".
― Crystal_Fox  3/31/2021
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Also Languedocian: https://ieo-oc.org/spip.php?page=article&id_article=290 --- Source: Institut d'Estudis Occitans
― Anonymous User  3/10/2021
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Maxim is the name for a kind of machine gun.
― Smiley C  9/26/2020
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Also Moldovan. You'll find numerous bearers on social media.
― Anonymous User  8/1/2020
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Also Slovak: https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim
― Anonymous User  6/20/2019
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Maxim Pavlovich Kovtun (1995-) is a Russian figure skater. He is a three-time European medalist (silver in 2015 and 2017, bronze in 2016) and four-time (2014, 2015, 2016, 2019) Russian national champion. On the junior level, he is the 2012 JGP Final champion.
― Felie  3/23/2019
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I am named this and I like it.
― hangytangy  11/30/2018
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"Maxim's" (or "You'll Find Me at Maxim's") is one of the most well-known songs from Franz LehΓ‘r's operetta 'The Merry Widow' and its various film adaptations. The song references a restaurant in Paris, France regarded as the most famous restaurant in the world.
― Feorsteorra  11/23/2017
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The name Maxim was given to 263 boys born in the US in 2016.
― Anonymous User  6/7/2017
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Maxim Staviski is a Russian-born naturalized Bulgarian ice dancer. With partner and fiancΓ©e Albena Denkova, he is a two-time (2006–2007) World champion, a two-time (2003–2004) European silver medalist, and the 2006 Grand Prix Final champion. Denkova and Staviski are the first Bulgarians to medal at the World Figure Skating Championships.
― lilolaf  2/4/2017
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I love this name. It's so cute. I hope it doesn't get too popular here because I want to use it.
― Anonymous User  1/23/2016
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Maxim Horvath is an antagonist from the film "The Sorcerer's Apprentice".
― Anonymous User  1/6/2016
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Fine if you're Russian/Ukrainian; otherwise it sounds like a character in a cheesy romance novel.
― mymymetrocard  10/5/2015
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The name is a shorter form of Maximus, after St. Maximus the Confessor, an Eastern Roman (or "Byzantine") theologian, diplomat and scholar born in Constantinopolis (now Istanbul) in 6th century. French and most of southern and eastern Europeans use Maxim(e) as the name form. Orthodox church celebrates St. Maximus on January 21 (Julian calendar) and Catholic on August 13 (Gregorian calendar).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximus_the_Confessor.
― Anonymous User  8/30/2015
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Alternatively the name comes from Hebrew ΧžΦ·Χ§Χ‘Φ΄Χ™Χ, which means charming or, literally "one, who casts magic on others".
― delman  10/21/2014
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Maxim is the name of a (very purple) Jaegerkin in the webcomic Girl Genius.
― Solaitaire  9/3/2014
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I love this. The only things that turn me off are the association with Maxim magazine and the fact that I have no Russian heritage whatsoever... Would it be strange for someone not of Russian heritage to use it?
― Anonymous User  7/31/2013
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Maxim Lapierre (born March 29, 1985) is a Canadian professional hockey forward currently playing for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL).
― sambchop  9/20/2012
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Maxim Knight (born 1999 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American child actor.
― Anonymous User  8/10/2012
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This name is also German. It's quite common in Germany. In Russia, this name is usually spelled Maksim.
― bananarama  6/20/2010
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Say Anything's singer is named Maxim.
― bebeMONSTER  1/12/2010
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This name reminds me of the word "Maxim", that is a principle or proverb. That makes me think that someone with this name might be very smart or wise.
― Zepton  10/12/2009
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I want to second what the above poster said - this is also an English name, pronounced "MAKS-im", short for Maximilian.
― Anonymous User  8/14/2009
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Maxim de Winter is one of the main characters of the book Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and all its various film and television adaptations, the most famous being Alfred Hitchcock's film, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. However, it was pronounced Max-im, not Mahk-seem, as it says in the pronunciation guide.
― harry_sent_me  3/13/2009
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Maxim Afinogenov is a professional ice hockey player on the Buffalo Sabres.
― SuomiRuotsi  11/25/2007
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The Bulgarian couple Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviiski are the 2006 World Dance Figure Skating Champions, the Figure Skating Championship took place in March, in Calgary, Canada.
― iva_toneva  5/25/2006
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Maxim is the name of a magazine.
― breakofday  12/16/2005
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