Maxence

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
4/5/2022, 10:13 PM	Mike C	update #112
11/16/2019, 11:04 AM	Mike C	update #105
7/2/2017, 10:39 PM	Mike C	update #95
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Masculine

Usage French

Pronounced Pron. /mak.sɑ̃s/

Meaning & History

French form of the Roman name Maxentius, a derivative of Latin maximus "greatest". This was the agnomen of an early 4th-century Roman emperor, Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius, a rival of Constantine. It was also borne by a 6th-century saint from Agde in France.