2-707: Maximilian or Maximillian ( Maximiliaan in Dutch and Maximilien in French) is a male name. The name " Max " is considered a shortening of "Maximilian" as well as of several other names. Max (given name) Max ( / ˈ m æ k s / ) is a given name . In the masculine, it is often short for Maximilian , Maxim , Maxwell , Maxfield , or Maximus in English; Maximos in Greek; or Maxime or Maxence in French. In
4-595: The feminine it usually stands for Maxine . Almost all Max names derive from the Latin Maximus , in circulation since the Classical Era and used in Ancient Rome as a cognomen . This was the third name in the three-part system known as the tria nomina . The cognomen began as a nickname and would have been given to men of the patrician class who demonstrated traits of greatness. The name Maximus
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