Maxwell

See also: maxwell

English

Etymology

From an earlier form Mackeswell, meaning "Mack's well or spring", from Old English welle (“well”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmækswɛl/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Homophone: maxwell

Proper noun

Maxwell

  1. A Scottish habitational surname from Mackeswell near Melrose.
    • 2021 November 30, Parija Kavilanz, “Woman testifies Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein started sexually abusing her when she was 14”, in CNN‎[1]:
      A woman who testified Tuesday in the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell said she met the close confidante of Jeffrey Epstein and the billionaire businessman when she was 14 and eating ice cream with friends at a camp where he was a benefactor.
  2. Any of various widely known persons so named, such as James Clerk Maxwell.
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
    • 2025 February 7, Alex Baumhardt, “Oregon Rep. Bonamici among electeds inexplicably locked out of U.S. Education Department”, in Oregon Capital Chronicle‎[2]:
      A video filmed and shared on the social media site Bluesky by Florida Congressman Maxwell Frost, also a Democrat, shows Hairfield outside the building and several officers from the federal Department of Homeland Security behind the doors, labeled “All Access Entrance.”
  4. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A census-designated place in Colusa County, California.
    2. A township in Sangamon County, Illinois.
    3. An unincorporated community in Center Township, Hancock County, Indiana.
    4. A minor city in Story County, Iowa.
    5. A township in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota.
    6. A village in Lincoln County, Nebraska.
    7. A village in Colfax County, New Mexico.
    8. An unincorporated community in Caldwell County, Texas.
  5. A hamlet in Grey Highlands municipality, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.

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