Maximilian

From the Roman name Maximilianus, which was derived from MAXIMUS. It was borne by a 3rd-century saint and martyr. In the 15th century the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III gave this name to his son and eventual heir. In this case it was a blend of the names of the Roman generals Fabius Maximus and Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus (see EMILIANO), who Frederick admired. It was subsequently borne by a second Holy Roman Emperor, two kings of Bavaria, and a short-lived Habsburg emperor of Mexico.

MAXIMUS   male   Ancient Roman
Roman family name which was derived from Latin maximus "greatest". Saint Maximus was a monk and theologian from Constantinople in the 7th century.
EMILIANO   male   Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of the Roman cognomen Aemilianus, which was itself derived from the family name Aemilius (see EMIL).
EMIL   male   Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Romanian, Bulgarian, Czech, Polish, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Hungarian, Icelandic, English
From the Roman family name Aemilius, which was derived from Latin aemulus meaning "rival".
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT ROMAN: Maximilianus
CZECH: Maxmilián
DANISH: Maximilian
DUTCH: Maximiliaan
ENGLISH: Maximilian, Maximillian
FRENCH: Maximilien
GERMAN: Maximilian
HUNGARIAN: Miksa
ITALIAN: Massimiliano
NORWEGIAN: Maximilian
POLISH: Maksymilian
PORTUGUESE: Maximiliano
RUSSIAN: Maksimilian
SLOVAK: Maximilián
SPANISH: Maximiliano
SWEDISH: Maximilian
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
DANISH: Max
DUTCH: Max
ENGLISH: Max
GERMAN: Max
NORWEGIAN: Max
SWEDISH: Max
FEMININE FORMS
ANCIENT ROMAN: Maximiliana
ENGLISH: Maxene, Maxine
FRENCH: Maximilienne
GERMAN: Maximiliane
OTHER FORMS
ANCIENT ROMAN: Aemilianus, Maxima, Maximianus, Maximinus, Maximus
BELARUSIAN: Maksim, Maxim
FRENCH: Maxime
ITALIAN: Massimo
MACEDONIAN: Maksim
POLISH: Maksym
PORTUGUESE: Maximiano, Maximino
RUSSIAN: Maks, Maksim, Maxim
SPANISH: Máxima, Maximiano, Maximino, Máximo
UKRAINIAN: Maksim, Maksym, Maxim
WELSH: Macsen, Maxen