Gender: Boy
Meaning: Greatest settlement, Mac's town
Origin: Scottish/Latin
Popularity: Ranked #1275 in 2024 with 154 babies born.
History: Maxton is a Scottish place name and surname derived from a personal name Mac combined with 'tun' (settlement). As a given name it combines the popular Max prefix with the popular -ton ending, creating a name that has grown in the United States in the 21st century as a distinctive alternative to Maxwell or Maximus.
Name length: 6 letters
How common is Maxton? About 1 in 21,614 babies born in 2024 were named Maxton, or roughly 0.4 per day in the United States.
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