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What does Maxine mean?
Maxine 
▼ as a girls' name is pronounced mak-SEEN. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Maxine is "greatest". Feminine of Max.
ASSOCIATED WITH greatest
Variations
VARIANTS Massima, Max, Maxeen, Maxena, Maxence, Maxene, Maxi, Maxie▼, Maxime, Maximina, Maxina, Maxy
SEE ALSO Jaxine
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Maxine Hawa (M.H.), ..
How popular is Maxine?
Maxine is a very popular first name for women (#254 out of 4276, Top 6%) but a rare surname for all people. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Maxine reached its peak position of #84 in the U.S. during the years 1920-1929, and is currently at #847. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Maxene and Maxie are the prominent alternative forms of Maxine (#847 IN RECENT RANKINGS) rated in the Top 2000. Adoption of these relations of Maxine was at its highest a century ago (AVERAGE #903) and is now much less (#1615, DOWN 93.5%), with versions like Maxie falling out of fashion.
Similar Names
Recommended sound-alike names are Carine, Daline, Davine, Faline, Jacine, Jadine, Jaine, Jaline, Janine▼, Karine, Laine, Larine, Lexine, Macie, Macon, Madina, Mahina, Maime, Maire, Makena, Malina, Malinde, Mamie▼, Marcine, Mariane, Marice, Marie▼, Marike, Marin, Marina, Marine, Marinn, Marise, Marline, Marne, Martine, Masina, Mason, Massina, Maurine▼, Mavina, Maxima, Mazie▼, Mazine, Meline, Morine, Nadine▼, Nanine, Narine, Paine, Raine, Rasine, Rexine, Roxine, Sabine, Sarine and Savine. These names tend to be less commonly used than Maxine.
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