Where is Maxwell from?

My guess is...

Malawi

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32%

Ghana

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27%

Zimbabwe

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17%

I'm 98% certain Maxwell is Male.

According to a dataset of 3406, the average Maxwell is around 34 years old.


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Learn about the name Maxwell

Meaning of the name Maxwell

From a Scottish surname meaning "Mack's stream", from the name Mack , a short form of the Scandinavian name Magnus, combined with Old English wella "stream". A famous bearer of the surname was James Maxwell (1831-1879), a Scottish physicist who studied gases and electromagnetism.

Characteristics of the name Maxwell

OriginsEnglish
PronouncedMAKS-wehl
GenderMasculine
Traitsstrong, refined, serious, mature, classic, formal, upper class, strange, nerdy, wholesome

How do we know this about Maxwell

(and is it secret spies?)

We use a combination of data from the internet, and our own Machine Learning models to make these predictions.
In a gist, we use a Machine Learning model trained on a diverse global dataset of 100m+ names, and use it to predict different traits for a person based on first name!
NameGuessr guesses a person's nationality, age, and gender based on their name. We also try to give insightful info around the name's origin, name meaning, and name pronounciation.