Usual Nickname, Unexpected Name--Mac/Max

Max is definitely a rising star. Max itself sits just outside the top 100, with Maxwell, Maximus, Maximilian,  Maximiliano, & Maxim all in the top 500. Its appeal is multifaceted--it's short, obviously masculine, has that ever-cool X, and is familiar but not overused. The often-interchangeable Mac has that same sort of vibe. It, however, is not on the rise; I can only assume because of the lack of X, and because Mac-names are just so trendy for girls right now.

• Cormac (KOR-mak, Irish)
• Macario (mah-KAR-yoh, Spanish)--from Greek, "blessed, happy"
• Macsen (MAK-sen, Welsh)--form of Maximus
• Madoc (MAH-dok, Welsh)--"generous". Usually Anglicized as Maddox.
• Magnus (MAG-nus, Latin)--"great" [really, I'm not pulling this out of ...um, somewhere--Mac historically was a nickname for Magnus!]
• Makaio (mah-kye-oh, Hawaiian)--form of Matthew
• Makoto (mah-koh-toh, Japanese)--"sincerity"
• Makram (mak-ram, Arabic)--"generous"
• Malachi (MAL-ah-kye, Hebrew)--"my angel"
• Malachy (MAL-ah-kee, Irish)--Anglicized from Maeleachlainn
• Malcolm (MAL-com, Scottish)
• Maleko (mah-leh-koh, Hawaiian)--from of Mark
• Mannix (MAN-niks, Irish)--Anglicized from Mainchin or Mac Aonghuis
• Maxence (maks-AWNS, French)--form of Maximus