| ![Show Contents]() Maxime History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins and Etymology of MaximeThe surname Maxime was first found in Northamptonshire at Maxey, a parish, in the union and soke of Peterborough. 1 Now part of Cambridgeshire, this ancient Saxon village dates back to c. 963 when it was known as Macuseige and literally meant "island or dry ground in marsh, of a man called Maccus" from the Viking personal name. 2 The first record of the family was found here in the original Latin form, Suein de Makesia in the Pipe Rolls of 1185. The next record of the family was found over one hundred years later in Cornwall when Nicholas de Makeseye was mentioned in 1297. 3 Maxey Castle was a medieval fortified manor house castle built around the 1370s by William Thorpe near the village of Maxey. Only the remnants of the castle can be seen today. Early History of the Maxime familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Maxime research. Another 159 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1137, 1432, 1455, 1484, 1487, 1510, 1541, 1542, 1600 and 1617 are included under the topic Early Maxime History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Maxime Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Maxey, Maxie, Max, Maxy, Maxse, Maxsey and others. Early Notables of the Maxime familyMore information is included under the topic Early Maxime Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Maxime familySome of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..
| Contemporary Notables of the name Maxime (post 1700) | + |
- Sir Paul Maxime Nurse PRS (b. 1949), British geneticist and cell biologist co-winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Maxime Gingras (b. 1978), Canadian ice hockey player
- Maxime Gingras (b. 1984), Canadian freestyle skier at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin (b. 1968), Canadian politician, Mayor of Gatineau
- Maxime Weygand (1867-1965), Belgium-born, French military commander in World War I and World War II, he was raised in France and educated at the Saint-Cyr military academy in Paris, Chief of Staff of the French Army, a position he served until his retirement in 1935 at the age of 68
- Maxime Le Forestier (b. 1949), French singer-songwriter
- Maxime Delauney (b. 1981), French actor, born at Saint Lô, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France, known for La femme de Rio (2013), Collection rue des ravissantes: Boris Vian fait son cinéma (2014) and No Limit (2022)
- Maxime Bernier (b. 1963), Canadian politician and cabinet minister, Leader of the People's Party of Canada (2018-)
- Maxime Laoun (b. 1996), Canadian short-track speed skater, gold medalist at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
- Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
- Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
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