Maxence

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Gender Masculine
Usage French
Pronounced Pron. MAK-SAHNS

Meaning & History

French form of the Roman name Maxentius, a derivative of Latin maximus "greatest". This was the agnomen of an early 4th-century Roman emperor, Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius, a rival of Constantine. It was also borne by a 6th-century saint from Agde in France.