Maxim Family History
Maxim Name Meaning
English: apparently from the (unrecorded) Middle English personal name Maxim of Latin origin (see 2 below). Romanian: from the personal name Maxim from Latin Maximus ‘greatest’ (superlative of magnus ‘great’; compare Magnus ) borne by a number of early Christian saints. American shortened form of Serbian Maksimović (see Maksimovic ) a patronymic from the personal name Maksim (see 2 above).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022