THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Maxine
Maxine is recorded as a female given name in Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Maxine.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
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CebuanoEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Maxine.
a female given name from English
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EnglishEtymology & source
From Max + -ine. An English feminine form of Max coined at the end of the nineteenth century. Piecewise doublet of Maxina.
A female given name from Latin.
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People with the name Maxine
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Janella Salvador
Filipino actress
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Maxine Syjuco
Filipino artist
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Maxine Syjuco, Janella Salvador
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Maxine in the birth records
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Similar names to Maxine
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Mabine·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Mabini·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Mading·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Maning♂Short form of Manuel and Manolo
- Marie♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Marife♀Short form of Maria Fermina
- Marina♀Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Marinel♀Given name recorded in the source dictionary
What rhymes with Maxine?
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Explore Maxine further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q21034657 — Maxine (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Maxine Syjuco (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q21034657 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Janella Salvador (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q21034657 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Maxine (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Maxine (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.