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Boy name Scottish origin

Maxwell

MAKS-wel · 7 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Great spring or Mack's stream
Language
Scottish
Culture
Scottish
Style era
modern
Themes
Scottish · classic
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#182
2024 births2,021
Peak year2014
First appeared1880
Total US births106,804
2014 peak18801916195219882024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
MaxMaxie
Alternate spellings
Maxwel

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Notable people named Maxwell

Maxwell Anderson
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