Maxxwell
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MAKS-wel
- Origin
- Scottish
Maxxwell is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “Maccus's stream”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Maxxwell mean?
Scottish: respelling of Maxwell, a Scottish place-name surname
“Maccus's stream”
Respelling of Maxwell, a Scottish surname from a place near Kelso, borne by the physicist James Clerk Maxwell.
Is Maxxwell a girl's or a boy's name?
Maxxwell is a boys' name.
How popular is Maxxwell in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the boys named Maxxwell in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maxxwell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
Nicknames for Maxxwell
- Max 1,240 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Maxxwell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maxwell, Campbell, Axel, Gael, Maddox, Luca, Mason, Maximus, Memphis, Xander, Logan, Carson
More Scottish names
Isla, Finley, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Brody, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox, Dallas, Lochlan, Reid
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Maxxwell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maxxwell, updated 20 October 2026.