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Maxine

Girl Latin #514 in 2023

Maxine is a girl name of Latin origin.

Meaning of Maxine

An English feminine form of Max coined at the end of the nineteenth century.

Popularity of Maxine

Popularity, 1884–2023

590 births in 2023

1884 2023

114,419 U.S. births recorded from 1884–2023.

Peak year

1924

3,659 babies

First recorded

1884

139 years of history

Recent trend

Rising

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

Similar names

Who is like God? A rhetorical name honoring the archangel

Bitter; beloved; wished-for child

One of the twelve Apostles

From patricia; later also seen as the feminine form of the saint's name Patrick

Priceless; highly praiseworthy

A syllogism in which all three propositions are of the form "All X are Y" or "X is a Y"

In the New Testament, Saul, Apostle to the Gentiles and author of fourteen epistles

Also called John Mark, the first patriarch of Alexandria, credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Mark

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Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.