"Maksim" and "Maksym" redirect here. For the Russian female singer, see MakSim.
Maxim (more accurately spelled Maksim assuming that "X" is not a consonant, but the conjunction of "K" and "S" sounds; “Maksym”, or "Maxym") is an epicene (or gender-neutral) 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 spelling variant Maxime is also common in the French-speaking world. The name is derived from the Latin family name Maximus, meaning "the greatest".[1] Maxim is also a less well-known surname.
Notable people
Monarchs:
Đorđe Branković, Despot of Serbia, monastic name Maksim.
In Christianity:
In literature:
In music:
- Max Bemis, an American musician and vocalist of Say Anything
- MakSim, a Russian singer
- Maksym Berezovsky, a Ukrainian composer and opera singer
- Maksim Dunayevsky, a Russian film composer
- Maxim Fadeev, Russian singer—songwriter, composer and producer
- Maxim Galkin, Russian and Israeli comedian, television presenter and singer
- Maksim Mrvica, a Croatian pianist
- Maxim Reality, an English singer-songwriter and MC
- Maxim Richarz, a German singer
- Maxim Vengerov, a Russian violin virtuoso and conductor
In sport:
- Can Maxim Mutaf (born 1991), Turkish-Russian basketball player
- Maxim Afinogenov, Russian ice hockey player
- Maksim Burchenko, Russian footballer
- Maksim Buznikin, Russian footballer
- Maksym Chmerkovskiy, Ukrainian ballroom dancer
- Maxim Deviatovski, Russian artistic gymnast
- Maksim "Max" Grechkin, Israeli footballer
- Maksym Kalinichenko, Ukrainian footballer
- Maksym Kowal (born 1991), Canadian soccer player
- Maxim Marinin, Russian pair skater
- Maksim Podholjuzin (born 1992), Estonian footballer
- Maksim Romaschenko, Belarusian footballer
- Maksim Shatskikh, Uzbek footballer
- Maxim Staviski, Russian-born Bulgarian world champion ice dancer
- Maksim Zhalmagambetov, Kazakh footballer
In business:
In politics:
In fiction:
In crime:
- Maksim Gelman, imprisoned for murdering 4 people and attempting to murder 5 others
Articles
- Maxim
- Maksim
- Maksym
Surname
For people with the surname Maxim, see Maxim (surname).
See also
References
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