Maximilian
WiktionaryText
Etymology
Saint's name from Maximilianus, a derivative of Maximus "the greatest". It was used in German royal houses after Friedrich III chose it for his son in 1459, explaining it as a combination of the names of two Roman generals, Maximus and Aemilianus.
Proper noun
- borrowed from Germany, rare in English.
Quotations
- 1820 Leigh Hunt, Names, The Indicator, No. XVIII, February 9th, 1820:
- It is as well certainly not to call a parcel of idle and ragged young rogues by the titles of Augustus, Orlando, and Theodore: nor does it sound very fitting and heroical to hear a father cry out pompously to his little boy, as we did once, - "You, Sir, there, - Maximilian,- come out of the gutter."
Proper noun
- , an equivalent of English Maximilian, and currently quite popular.