Maxim (given name)
Maxim is an epicene first name of Roman origin mainly given to males. It is adopted in Slavic-speaking countries such as Russia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Serbia, Macedonia and Montenegro, as well as in countries which have maintained ties to the Soviet era. The name is derived from the Latin family name Maximus, meaning "the greatest".
It gave rise to a number of patronymic surnames: Maksymowicz, Maksimović, Maksymenko, Maximov. There is also a surname Maxim.
Notable people with the name include:
- Maksim, Metropolitan of all Rus, Metropolitan of Kiev and Orthodox saintMaksim, monastic name of Đorđe Branković, Despot of Serbia and Orthodox saint
- Maksim I, Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church
- Maxim Sandovich, New Hieromartyr and Orthodox saint
- Maxim of Bulgaria, Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church
Musicians
- Max Bemis, American musician and vocalist of Say Anything
- Maxim Berezovsky, Ukrainian composer and opera singer
- Maksim Dunayevsky, Russian film composer
- Maxim Fadeev, Russian singer-songwriter, composer and producer
- Maxim Galkin, Russian and Israeli comedian, television presenter and singer
- Maksim Mrvica, Croatian pianist
- Maxim (musician), English singer-songwriter and MC
- Maxim (artist), German singer
- Maxim Vengerov, Russian violin virtuoso and conductor
Politicians
- Maksim Konomi, Albanian politician
- Maxim Litvinov, Russian revolutionary and diplomat
- Maksym Stepanov, Ukrainian politician
Sportspeople
- Can Maxim Mutaf, Turkish-Russian basketball player
- Maxim Afinogenov, Russian ice hockey player
- Maksim Burchenko, Russian footballer
- Maksim Buznikin, Russian footballer
- Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Ukrainian ballroom dancer
- Maksim Devyatovskiy, Russian artistic gymnast
- Maksim "Max" Grechkin, Israeli footballer
- Maksym Kalynychenko, Ukrainian footballer
- Maksym Kowal, Canadian soccer player
- Maxim Marinin, Russian pair skater
- Maxim Mrva, Czech tennis player
- Maxim Naumov, American figure skater
- Maksim Podholjuzin, Estonian footballer
- Maksim Romaschenko, Belarusian footballer
- Maxim Shabanov, Russian ice hockey player
- Maksim Shatskikh, Uzbek footballer
- Maxim Staviski, Russian-born Bulgarian world champion ice dancer
- Maksim Vashkevich, Belarusian para swimmer
- Maksim Zhalmagambetov, Kazakh footballer
Other
- Maksim Gelman, American murderer
- Maxim Gorky, Russian writer
- Maxim Kalashnikov, Russian writer and political activist
- Maksim Moshkow, public figure of the Russian Internet segment
- Max Stirner, German philosopher
Fictional characters
- Maxim Kammerer, fictional character in the Noon Universe series
- Maxim de Winter, the second Mrs. de Winter's name for her husband in Rebecca (novel) by Daphne du Maurier
- Maxim, the main hero of Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
- Maxim Kischine, character from ''Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance''