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Gender Masculine
Usage German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Dutch, Czech, Russian, Catalan
Scripts Макс(Russian)
Pronounced Pron. MAKS(German, English, Czech, Russian, Catalan) MAHKS(Dutch)

Meaning & History

Short form of Maximilian (or Maxwell in English). It is also an alternate transcription of Russian Макс (see Maks).

This name is borne by the title character in the Mad Max series of movies, starting 1979. It also coincides with the informal English word max, short for maximum.