Maxwell (given name)
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | English and Scottish Gaelic |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | "From Mack's Spring" |
| Region of origin | River Tweed, England and Scotland |
| Other names | |
| Nickname(s) | Max |
Maxwell is a masculine given name. It is of English and Scottish origin, meaning "From Mack's Spring".[1] The name originates as a place name from a location on the River Tweed in Scotland and first recorded in 1144 CE, spelled Mackeswell.[2]
People with this given name
A
- Maxwell Acosty, Ghanaian footballer
- Maxwell Aitken (disambiguation)
- Maxwell Akora, Ugandan politician
- Maxwell Amponsah, Ghanaian boxer
- Maxwell Anderson, American playwright and writer
- Maxwell L. Anderson, American art historian and museum director
- Maxwell Anikwenwa, Nigerian Anglican bishop
- Maxwell Ariston Burgess, Bermudian politician
- Maxwell Armfield, English painter
- Maxwell Arnow, American film producer
- Maxwell Arthur, Ghanaian footballer
- Maxwell Atoms, American animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist, and voice actor
- Maxwell Ayrton, British architect
B
- Maxwell Baakoh, Ivorian footballer
- Maxwell Bates, Canadian architect and artist
- Maxwell Becton, American industrialist and businessman
- Maxwell Blacker, English cricketer and clergyman
- Maxwell Bodenheim, American poet and novelist
- Maxwell Bolus, South African cricketer
- Maxwell Brander, British Army general
- Maxwell Struthers Burt, American novelist, poet, and writer
- Maxwell Bury, British architect
- Maxwell Button, Canadian civil servant and politician
C
- Maxwell Carpendale, Irish Rugby Union player
- Maxwell Caulfield, British actor
- Maxwell Charles, American actor
- Maxwell Close, Irish politician
- Maxwell Combes, Australian cricketeer
- Maxwell Confait, Seychellois-English murder victim
- Maxwell Frederic Coplan, American photographer
- Maxwell Perry Cotton, American actor
- Maxwell Craig, minister of the Church of Scotland
- Maxwell Cummings, Canadian real estate builder and philanthropist
D
- Maxwell Dal Santo, Australian weightlifter
- Maxwell Dane, American executive and co-founder of Doyle Dane Bernbach
- Maxwell Davis, American saxophonist, bandleader, and record producer
- Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- Maxwell Deacon, Canadian ice hockey player
- Maxwell Dent, American online streamer, record producer, and rapper
- Maxwell Dlamini, Swazi activist
- Maxwell Dube, Zimbabwean footballer
- Maxwell Dunn, Australian writer and radio producer
E
- Maxwell Chimezie Egwuatu, Nigerian footballer
- Maxwell Eley, British rower
- Maxwell Evarts, American lawyer and politician
- Maxwell Exsted, American tennis player
F
- Maxwell Fernie, New Zealand musician
- Maxwell Findlay, Scottish WWI flying ace
- Maxwell Finland, American scientist and medical researcher
- Maxwell Jacob Friedman, American wrestler
- Maxwell Frost, American activist and politician
- Maxwell Fry, English architect, writer and painter
- Maxwell J. Fry, expert in development finance
G
- Maxwell Gamble, Australian rower
- Maxwell Garnett, English educationist, barrister, peace campaigner and physicist
- Maxwell Garthshore, Scottish physician
- Maxwell Garvie, Scottish murder victim
- Maxwell M. Geffen, American publisher
- Maxwell Geismar, American writer
- Maxwell Henry Gluck, American diplomat and businessman
- Maxwell K. Goldstein, American scientist
- Maxwell Gray, English novelist and poet
- Maxwell Griffin, American soccer player
- Maxwell Gregory, Archdeacon of Singapore
- Maxwell Gruver, American who died from hazing
- Maxwell Gyamfi, German footballer
H
- Maxwell Hairston, American football player
- Maxwell Hall, British colonial administrator, judge and author
- Maxwell S. Harris, American lawyer and politician
- Maxwell Hendler, American painter
- Maxwell Holt, American volleyball player
- Maxwell Hunter, American aerospace engineer
- Maxwell Hutchinson, English architect, broadcaster, and Anglican deacon
I
- Maxwell Irvine, British theoretical physicist and university administrator
- Maxwell Itoya, Nigerian immigrant killed
J
- Maxwell Ralph Jacobs, Australian forester
- Maxwell Jenkins, American actor
- Maxwell Joseph, British founder of Grand Metropolitan plc
- Maxwell Kofi Jumah, Ghanian politician
K
- Maxwell Karger, American producer
- Maxwell Khobr, Nigerian general
- Maxwell Knight, British spymaster, naturalist and broadcaster
- Maxwell Konadu, Ghanian association football player and manager
L
- Maxwell G. Lee, English educator and activist
- Maxwell Gordon Lightfoot, English painter
- Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, Canadian actor and musician
- Maxwell Kwame Lukutor, Ghanian politician
M
- Maxwell, American singer
- Maxwell, Brazilian footballer
- Maxwell (born 1989), Brazilian footballer
- Maxwell Hendry Maxwell-Anderson, British naval officer, barrister and judge
- Maxwell Maltz, American cosmetic surgeon
- Maxwell Mavhunga, Zimbabwean politician
- Maxwell Mays, American painter
- Maxwell McCombs, American journalism scholar
- Maxwell Meighen, Canadian financier
- Maxwell Mensah, Ghanaian footballer
- Maxwell Miller, Australian politician
- Maxwell Mlilo, South African actor
- Maxwell Moss, South African politician
- Maxwell Murray, United States Army general
- Maxwell Mutanda, Zimbabwean artist and designer
N
- Maxwell Nagai, Ghanaian air force officer
- Maxwell Newton, Australian media publisher
- Maxwell Valentine Noronha, Indian Roman Catholic bishop
- Maxwell Nyamupanedengu, Zimbabwean footballer
O
- Maxwell Opoku-Afari, Ghanian economist
P
- Maxwell Perkins, American book editor
- Maxwell Powers, American voice actor
Q
- Maxwell Abbey Quaye, Ghanaian footballer
R
- Maxwell Rayson, Australian cricketeer
- Maxwell Reed, Northern Irish actor
- Maxwell Rich, United States Army general
- Maxwell Richmond, New Zealand officer in the Royal Navy
- Maxwell Rosenlicht, American mathematician
S
- Maxwell E. Seidman, American politician
- Maxwell Setton, British film producer
- Maxwell Shane, American film director
- Maxwell Shaw, British actor
- Maxwell Zeb Shumba, founding president of the Zimbabwe First Party
- Maxwell Sibiya, South African politician
- Maxwell Silva, Sri Lankan bishop
- Maxwell Simpson, Irish chemist
- Maxwell Stevens, American painter
T
- Maxwell D. Taylor, United States Army general
- Maxwell R. Thurman, United States Army general
- Maxwell Thurmond, American football coach
U
- Maxwell Upson, American educationalist
V
W
- Maxwell Walters, Australian cricketeer and business executive
- Maxwell Ward, Australian cricketeer
- Maxwell Ward, housemate on Big Brother (British TV series) series 6
- Maxwell Ward, 6th Viscount Bangor, Irish peer and politician
- Maxwell Wintrobe, Austrian-American physician
X
Y
Z
Fictional characters
- Maxwell Edison, in the Beatles song Maxwell's Silver Hammer
- Maxwell Smart, title character of the Get Smart comedy spy media franchise
- Maxwell Sheffield, character in American sitcom The Nanny
- Maxwell Lord, supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics
- Maxwell Greevey, character from American television police procedural and legal drama Law & Order
- Maxwell Dillon, one of two collective supervillains in American comic books published by Marvel Comics
- Maxwell Archer, main character in the 1940 British comedy mystery film Meet Maxwell Archer
- Maxwell Nerdstorm, character in the American television sitcom Saved by the Bell
- Maxwell Klinger, character from the American media franchise M*A*S*H
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Maxwell
- Max (given name)
- Maxwell (surname)
References
- ^ "Origin and Meaning of First Name Maxwell | Search Family History on Ancestry®". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
- ^ Moss, Jennifer. "Maxwell: Name Meaning, Popularity and Info on BabyNames.com". babynames.com. Retrieved 2025-05-10.