Max
[mæks]Meaning
Short form of Maximilian, Maxim, Maxwell, or maximum
Background Story
Max is a short form of Maximilian or Maxim, and in English it is also short for Maxwell; it coincides with the informal word max, short for maximum. English borrowed it from German Max, a diminutive of Maximilian, in the 19th century, and it is used in Ancient Roman, Belarusian, Croatian, Georgian, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Macedonian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak and Slovene. Bearers include the German intellectual Max Weber and the German physicist Max Planck, and the name is borne by the title character of the Mad Max films, starting in 1979.
Temperament
Variations
Maximus, Maxine, Maxwell
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