Entry № 0815 · Latin origin

Maxima Maxima — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MAHK-see-mah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Latin

Meaning

"Greatest"

Syllables

Rank · US 2025

№ 0

First recorded

Ancient (Latin)

The meaning

A name that means "greatest".

Maxima is the Latin feminine of Maximus — meaning "greatest."

Queen Máxima of the Netherlands (born 1971), born Máxima Zorreguieta in Argentina, is the wife of King Willem-Alexander.

Greatest. The Argentine-Dutch queen.

Popularity

Current rank · 2025

№ 0 in the U.S.

All-time peak

№ 0 in 0

Babies named Maxima · last year

87 in the U.S.

First entered SSA top-1000

Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular

Namesakes

Real people

Queen Máxima of the Netherlands

Dutch queen consort.

born 1971

In fiction

Maxima

Common in Latin fiction.

Numerology

Maxima reduces to nine — the number of Latin greatness.

Parents on Maxima

"Greatest in Latin. Six letters. Maxima."

Sofia · Mother of one · Buenos Aires