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Thoughts on the names Maddox, Ajax and Jax?

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Chloeisobelle21 · 04/02/2016 13:42

Maddox, Ajax, Jax, Albie,
Just a few I quite like, last name is Turner :)

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MitzyLeFrouf · 05/02/2016 10:14

Please don't pick Albie! Sounds like a chipmunk's name.

Maddox is the best from your list.

iminshock · 05/02/2016 08:48

All bad. Very bad.

mouldycheesefan · 05/02/2016 07:34

Not axle is part of a car. And axel rose. Doesn't matter if you spell it different it sounds the same.

Th consensus here is Albie is the best option, but don't invent your own spelling of Alby.

Teapot13 · 05/02/2016 02:16

Jax is a snack food in the US. Covered in artificially colored cheese powder. Mmm. . .

BikeRunSki · 04/02/2016 23:38

I don't think many people roils instantly associate Axel with axel Rose. Axel Is a great name.

Maxwell ?
Alexei?
Felix?
Phoenix?
Rex?
Dexter?

looki · 04/02/2016 23:30

I remember Ajax the cleaning product

The names sound like Brad and Angelina's children's names to me.

If I had to choose, I would go with Maddox.

RiverTam · 04/02/2016 22:07

Well, Axl Rose isn't spelt Axel so I doubt people would associate the two unless you spelt it Axl. Axel is the usual German nn for Alexander, isn't it? I quite like it.

Aias is the actual Greek name of the god, Ajax is the Roman version.

00100001 · 04/02/2016 21:52

Go for Albert, call him Albie as a nn

mrsschu · 04/02/2016 20:20

They're all dreadful. Well Albie (not Alby) is ok but is really a nn for something else IMO. I'd say scrap them all and start again!

OnceMoreIntoTheBleach · 04/02/2016 18:49

I used to know a Dax. It's a French boy's name. Always loved the name but names with last letter of X would not have worked for my DS as surname begins with S.

Backingvocals · 04/02/2016 18:38

Ajax is like Cif (or Jif as it was back in the day). Not a good name for a child.

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Chloeisobelle21 · 04/02/2016 18:37

I like Axel but don't want people to think it's a reference to Axel Rose.

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Chloeisobelle21 · 04/02/2016 18:36

NOT to OTT I mean.

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Chloeisobelle21 · 04/02/2016 18:35

I'm 25 so never heard of Ajax being a cleaner, they are all names I found on a baby website titled as unusual but too ott.

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Chloeisobelle21 · 04/02/2016 18:34

Ohh I thought they would get better reviews than this, haha I'm put off Jax now and Ajax. I just want something that's not too common! Albert was the name of my grans brother who died in a horrible way so I didn't really want Albert, but I thought Albie was cute but could also be Alby? Which sounds more grown up. I really like Maddox!

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brookeberry · 04/02/2016 15:58

Maddox is rather lovely.

MitzyLeFrouf · 04/02/2016 15:13

Ah google tells me that FMF was FMB's grandson.

Floggingmolly · 04/02/2016 15:12

Come on... This is a joke thread, right? Right?? Toilets and toilet cleaners Confused. Sure you couldn't work a euphemism for shit in there too?
I apologise if it's not a joke thread, but they're really ridiculous names.

MitzyLeFrouf · 04/02/2016 15:12

Were FMF and Ford Madox Brown related?

SanityClause · 04/02/2016 15:10

Of the four I only like Maddox, although Albie would be okay for a nickname for Albert.

SquirrelledAway · 04/02/2016 15:09

Or Ford Madox Ford even.

SquirrelledAway · 04/02/2016 15:08

Maddox is fine, it has Welsh roots and has been around a long time (Ford Maddox Ford for instance). Bit hard to come up with good short forms though.

I always think Albie is cute on a toddler but I can't see it on a grumpy teenager. Albert gives more options?

ClashCityRocker · 04/02/2016 14:55

Jax makes me think of jaxi (jacksie?) which means your bum hole.

I quite like Maddox. Ajax is that bleach stuff.

MitzyLeFrouf · 04/02/2016 14:46

Ajax is a cleaning product and a football club.

Jax is just awful and Irish slang for 'toilet'.

Albie is a bit silly and babyish.

Maddox isn't too bad.

CultureSucksDownWords · 04/02/2016 14:26

Ajax is a cleaning product, a lot of people over 40 will have this association strongly. It's also a very famous football club from the Netherlands (pronounced aye-yaks). Despite being a mythical hero, please don't use this name.

Jax is ok, Albie is better, short for Albert or something else?

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