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Meaning of the nameMaxwell

Maxwell is a spelling of the name Maxuel, which means “Mack's stream”.

Meaning

“Mack's stream”

Source: Behind the Name: Maxwell · Wiktionary: Maxwell

People (2022)
8,465
Rank in Brazil
#1,921
Median age
28 years
2010 Census
6,319
people

Maxwell in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Maxwell, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (2,502 people).

33 women 8,432 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Maxwell is most common

States with the highest share of people named Maxwell in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Rio Grande do Norte 0.011%
  2. Alagoas 0.010%
  3. Distrito Federal 0.007%
  4. Sergipe 0.007%
  5. Rio de Janeiro 0.007%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1,4940.003%
Rio de Janeiro1,1400.007%
Minas Gerais1,1380.006%
Bahia3860.003%
Rio Grande do Norte3770.011%
Ceará3510.004%
Pernambuco3370.004%
Goiás3030.004%
Alagoas3010.010%
Paraíba2720.007%
Rio Grande do Sul2590.002%
Maranhão2460.004%
Espírito Santo2450.006%
Pará2070.003%
Distrito Federal2060.007%
Amazonas1850.005%
Piauí1820.006%
Paraná1780.002%
Sergipe1620.007%
Santa Catarina1230.002%
Mato Grosso1120.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul930.003%
Tocantins520.003%
Rondônia390.003%
Roraima330.005%
Acre310.004%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Maxwell

It keeps the English spelling, with W and a double LL.

About the name Maxuel

Maxwell, according to Behind the Name, comes from a Scottish surname meaning 'Mack's stream', from Mack, a short form of Magnus, and from Old English wille, 'well, stream'; Wiktionary gives the surname an old form, Mackeswell, tied to a place near Melrose, Scotland. Maxuel and Maxwel are in the same group of spellings, and the origin of each one is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 14,535 people named Maxuel, with a median age of 25. The name is almost always male, peaked among people born in the 1990s and, proportionally, is most common in Alagoas.

Other spellings of Maxuel

SpellingPeople (2022)
Maxuel14,535
Maxwell8,465
Maxwel3,850

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Maxwell · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Maxwell · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Maxwell · behindthename.com · origin
  4. Wiktionary: Maxwell · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Maxwell

What does the name Maxwell mean?

Maxwell means “Mack's stream”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Maxwell in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 8,465 people with the first name Maxwell, which ranks it number 1,921 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Maxwell a boy's or a girl's name?

Maxwell is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 33 women and 8,432 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Maxwell?

Maxwell is a name of English origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Maxwell most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Norte: 0.011% of the state's population is named Maxwell (377 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Maxwell?

Maxuel and Maxwel. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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