Comments for the name Maxim

Maxim is the name of a magazine.

The Bulgarian couple Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviiski are the 2006 World Dance Figure Skating Champions, the Figure Skating Championship took place in March, in Calgary, Canada.

Maxim Afinogenov is a professional ice hockey player on the Buffalo Sabres.

Maxim de Winter is one of the main characters of the book Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and all its various film and television adaptations, the most famous being Alfred Hitchcock's film, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. However, it was pronounced Max-im, not Mahk-seem, as it says in the pronunciation guide.

I want to second what the above poster said - this is also an English name, pronounced "MAKS-im", short for Maximilian.

This name reminds me of the word "Maxim", that is a principle or proverb. That makes me think that someone with this name might be very smart or wise.

Say Anything's singer is named Maxim.

This name is also German. It's quite common in Germany. In Russia, this name is usually spelled Maksim.

Maxim Knight (born 1999 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American child actor.

Maxim Lapierre (born March 29, 1985) is a Canadian professional hockey forward currently playing for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL).