Maxima

See also: maxima, máxima, and màxima

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Maxima, feminine of Maximus.

Proper noun

Maxima

1. A female given name.
   • 1855 October 19, Anna Maria Aspasia Logarithmetica [pseudonym], quotee, “Interesting Disclosure”, in The Hobart Mercury, volume 2, number 171, Hobarton, Van Diemen’s Land: John Davies, →OCLC, page [2], column 3:

     Well—this lady—whose name is Miss Maxima Molendillula has turned out to be the Editress of the greatest periodical of the South Seas! is it not delightful?

   • 1875 March 24, [Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte] Southworth, “Only a Girl’s Heart. […] Chapter IV.—(Continned).^[sic]”, in Taranaki Herald, volume XXIII, number 2,291, New Plymouth, Taranaki: William Henry John Seffern, →OCLC, page [4], column 2:

     She was brought by her guardian to the Summit Manor House, where now his own old maiden cousin, Miss Maxima Rowley, had been induced to come and act as the chaperone of the young heiress, until such time as her marriage with Gerald Fitzgerald should enable her to dispense with such feminine protection.

   • 1896 January 28, “Sister Mary Maxima. Death of One of the Sisters of Charity of St. Ambrose School.”, in The Des Moines Leader, Des Moines, Ia.: Strauss & Dawson, →OCLC, page 5, column 3:

     Sister Mary Maxima, daughter of the late William and Sarah Curoe of Dubuque, died at the residence of the sisters of charity, 513 Sixth avenue, at 7:30 Sunday morning.

   • 2015 September 4, Erin Mulvaney, “‘It’s brutal to park here’”, in Houston Chronicle, volume 114, number 326, Houston, Tex., →ISSN, →OCLC, page D1, column 2:

     “It’s a nightmare,” said Domitille McCulloch, who lives in nearby West University Place and regularly shops in Rice Village with her 2-year-olds, Olympia and Maxima.

   • 2015 December 2, Yasmeen Abutaleb, “[Mark] Zuckerberg, wife to give 99% of shares to their foundation […]”, in The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, Fargo, N.D., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A2, columns 4–5:

     In welcoming the birth of his first child on his Facebook page, Zuckerberg posted a photo of himself, his wife and their new daughter, Maxima, nicknamed Max, along with a post entitled “A letter to our daughter.”

   • 2020 February 12, Nadine Kam, “To market together […]”, in Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Honolulu, Haw., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7, column 3:

     Luke LaJoye and Polly Ralda (-with baby Maxima)

   • 2024 January 6, “Births”, in The Garden Island, Līhuʻe, Haw., →ISSN, →OCLC, page B3, column 2:

     Mylene and Neal Gleason Jardin greeted their daughter, Mckenna Maxima Jardin, weighing 7 pounds, 11 ounces, on Nov. 9, 2023, at Kauaʻi Veterans Memorial Hospital.

German

Pronunciation

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Noun

Maxima f

1. plural of Maximum