Max

English and German diminutive of Maximilian or Maxwell

"greatest"

Max Origin and Meaning

Variation of Maximilian

Max Rank in US Top 1000

# 175 in the US

Max Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 107 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Max

• 175 US 2024
• 107 Nameberry 2025
• 86 Canada 2024
• 246 Future 2028
• 44 England 2024
• 29 scotland 2024
• 34 Ireland 2024
• 31 Australia 2024
• 30 New Zealand 2024
• 34 Germany 2024
• 43 Netherlands 2024
• 100 Spain 2023
• 77 sweden 2024
• 31 Finland 2024
• 86 Belgium 2023
• 83 switzerland 2024
• 53 Austria 2024
• 147 Poland 2020
• 94 slovenia 2023
• 4 Dogs 2025
• 7 Cats 2023

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Famous People Named Max

• Max Emilian Verstappen Dutch Formula 1 Driver
• Karl Emil Maximilian "Max" Weber German sociologist
• Max Becker guitarist in rock band SWMRS
• Carl Adolf "Max" von Sydow Swedish actor
• Max Greenfield American actor
• Maximillian Kolenda "Max" Pacioretty American ice hockey player
• Maximillion Drake "Max" Thieriot American actor
• Maximillian Weisner "Max" Starks IV American NFL football player
• Maxwell McCandless "Max" Unger American NFL football player
• Maximillian Alberto "Max" George English singer of The Wanted
• Max Changmin South Korean singer of duo TVXQ
• Max Lloyd Jones, American actor
• Max Charles American actor
• Max Stanley aka Maxmoefoe, Australian YouTuber
• Max Carver (born Robert Maxwell Martensen) American actor; twin brother Charlie Carver
• Max Perlich American actor
• Maxwell M. "Max" Scherzer American baseball player
• Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck German theoretical physicist; Nobel Prize winner
• Max Born German physicist and mathematician; Nobel prize winner
• Max Theodor Felix von Laue German physicist; Nobel prize winner
• Max Ludwig Henning Delbrück German,€“American biophysicist; Nobel prize winner
• Max Riemelt German actor
• Max Factor (born Maksymilian Faktorowicz) Polish,Jewish founder of cosmetics giant Max Factor & Company
• Max Brooks son of actors Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft
• Max Bernstein son of screenwriter Nora Ephron and journalist Carl Bernstein
• Max Fuse son of actress Olivia Hussey and musician Akira Fuse
• Max Samuel Spielberg son of film director Steven Spielberg
• Max Todd son of reality TV personality Lisa Vanderpump and Ken Todd
• Max Cohn son of singer Marc Cohn
• Maxwell J. "Max" Heard late son of actor John Heard
• Max Greathouse Allen son of Kara Kennedy; grandson of Sen. Ted Kennedy
• Max McGinley son of actor John McGinley
• Max Favreau son of actor Jon Favreau
• Max Whitfield son of singer Patricia Lewis and Mark Whitfield
• Max Ullrich (b. 2007) son of cyclist Jan Ullrich
• Max Hugh Gorman (b. 2008) son of actor Burn Gorman
• Max Liron Bratman (b. 2008) son of singer Christina Aguilera and Jordan Bratman
• Maxwell Mark "Max" Croft (b. 2008) son of singer Kerry Katona and Mark Croft
• Max Sheen (b. 2009) son of actor Charlie Sheen
• Max Aaron Gottfried (b. 2009) son of comedian Gilbert Gottfried
• Max Schmeichel (b. 2010) son of footballer Kasper Schmeichel
• Max Corden (b. 2011) son of TV host James Corden
• Max Ellington Nixon Marinoni (b. 2011), son of actress Cynthia Nixon
• Max Wilde Presnall (b. 2012) son of musicians Derek and Jamie Presnall
• Max Neville Ling (b. 2012) son of AFL player Cameron Ling
• Max O'Gara (b. 2014) son of rugby union player Ronan O'Gara
• Max Red Caspe (b. 2015) son of actress Casey Wilson
• Max Bowie Band (b. 2016) son of singer Alex Band of The Calling
• Max Kerman lead singer of the Arkells
• Max Miller comedian
• Max Rainier Casiraghi (b.2018) son of Andrea Casiraghi and Tatiana Santo Domingo
• Max Walker Lauren (b.2018) son of David and Lauren Bush Lauren. Great,grandson of George H.W. and Barbara Bush.
• Max Mario Fletcher (b. 2018) son of singer Tom Fletcher & author Giovanna Fletcher.
• Max Charles Murphy (b. 2018) son of American comedian and actor Eddie Murphy
• Max Milo Peck (b. 2018) son of American actor and comedian Josh Peck

The name Max in Pop Culture

• Maximiliano (Max) Keller main male character in Scarlett Avery’s book “Undeniable Fascination”.
• Max main character in Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are"
• Max dog in Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"
• "Mad Max" Rockatansky main character in the "Mad Max" movie series
• Max Bialystock main character in movie and musical "The Producers"
• Max Fischer main character in movie "Rushmore"
• Max character of Canadian dance show "The Next Step"
• Max rabbit character on animated series "Max and Ruby"
• Max character on animated series "Dragon Tales"
• Max Evans character on TV's "Roswell"
• Max Blum character on TV's "Happy Endings"
• Max Branning character on British soap "EastEnders"
• Max Miller psychic on early season of "Supernatural"
• Max de la Costa character in movie "Elysium"
• Max main character in movie "Sharkboy and Lavagirl"
• Maxwell "Max" Smart main character on TV's "Get Smart"
• Max Thunderman character on TV's "The Thundermans"
• Maximillion "Max" Galactica character in video game "Ace Attorney"
• Max character on TV's "24"
• Max character in Comet Man comics
• Max talking spaceship in movie "Flight of the Navigator"
• Max character in the Pokemon animated series
• Max rabbit character in the Sam & Max series
• Max Vandenburg character in Markus Zusak's "The Book Thief"
• Max Britsky main character in "Max" by Howard Fast
• Max Rhaymer character from the 2016 TV movie "Backstabbed"
• Max Factor cosmetic company
• Max main character in the Rooster Teeth animated series "Camp Camp"
• Maximilian 'Max' Miller character from Netflix's "Greenhouse Academy"
• Max Kante character from "Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir"
• Max Fuller character on Netflix,series "Fuller House"
• Max Goldman character in the 1993 film "Grumpy Old Men" & the 1995 sequel "Grumpier Old Men"