Maxey

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proper noun

A village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF125085).

OriginOld English eġ ← Old Irish Maccus →
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Meanings

proper nounMaxey (countable and uncountable, plural Maxeys)

plural Maxeys · alternative Maxcy

  1. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF125085).
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old IrishMaccus
  2. Old Englisheġ“island; low-lying land”
  3. EnglishMaxey

From the genitive case of the personal name Mack + Old English eġ (“island; low-lying land”). Ekwall (1960) refers the first element to Old Irish Maccus, a Norse-Gaelic form of the Old Norse name Magnus.

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APA

Maxey. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Maxey

MLA

“Maxey.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Maxey. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Maxey,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Maxey.

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