What is Max short for?
Max is short for Maxwell, Maximus, Maximiliano, Maxine and Maximilian. In 2025, 2,025 boys and 41 girls in the United States were given Max as their full name, with nothing longer behind it, according to Social Security records.
The names behind Max
Each count is the number of children given that name in the United States in 2025, from US Social Security records. A name given to fewer than five children in a year is left out of the published file.
Maxwell Scottish origin
Max from Maxwell: the classic short form.
15 girls and 1,924 boys named Maxwell in 2025
Maximiliano Latin origin
Max from Maximiliano: the universal short form.
1,209 boys named Maximiliano in 2025
Maximilian Latin origin
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Max from Maximilian: the classic short form.
497 boys named Maximilian in 2025