Gender: Girl
Meaning: Greatest — vast in scope and deeply admired
Origin: Latin/English
Popularity: Ranked #521 in 2024 with 591 babies born.
History: Maxine peaked in the 1920s-30s and is reviving beautifully. Maxine Waters became one of Congress's most powerful and outspoken members — 'Auntie Maxine' to her supporters. Maxine Hong Kingston wrote 'The Woman Warrior,' a groundbreaking Asian-American memoir. Maxine means women who refuse to be quiet in any era of American history.
Name length: 6 letters
How common is Maxine? About 1 in 5,632 babies born in 2024 were named Maxine, or roughly 1.6 per day in the United States.
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