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Maxamus
How to Pronounce Maxamus
Pronounced MAK-suh-mus /ˈmæk.sə.məs/Medium
Meaning: Maxamus is a phonetic respelling of the Latin name Maximus, meaning 'greatest,' recast with an -amus ending. The meaning is inherited whole from Maximus; the spelling is a modern American variant.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Maxamus is a respelled form of Maximus, a Roman name and title meaning 'the greatest.' The parent name climbed in American use after the year 2000, and inventive spellings like this one trailed behind it. Maxamus first appears in United States birth records around the turn of the millennium.
It was never common, given to only a couple dozen boys a year at its brief peak in the early two-thousands, so a Maxamus from that moment is barely out of his teens today. It reads as a bold, of-its-era respelling rather than an established variant.
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What does the name Maxamus mean?
It is a respelling of Maximus, the Latin name meaning 'greatest.'
How do you pronounce Maxamus?
It's said MAK-suh-mus /ˈmæk.sə.məs/ - three syllables, stress on the first.
Is Maxamus a boy or girl name?
Maxamus is used as a boy's name.
How popular is Maxamus?
It has always been rare, given to only a couple dozen boys a year at its peak in the early two-thousands.