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Maxwell or just Max?

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BernardBlacksHangover · 18/10/2017 16:49

Which do you prefer?

I'm just adding it to a long list at the moment, so could quite easily be neither!

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MikeUniformMike · 22/10/2017 19:17

I like Maxim.

daisypond · 22/10/2017 18:56

I'm not keen on Maxwell at all. I do prefer Maxim or Maximilian with Max for short. If it was just between Maxwell and Max I'd go for Max, though.

stopbeingadramallama · 22/10/2017 18:49

Max

user1459464195 · 22/10/2017 18:40

Max. And I usually prefer longer versions of names but Max is an exception (and a name in its own right). Maxwell makes me think of coffee, sorry!

Threeandabit · 22/10/2017 14:01

I like Maxwell best.

LadyCassandra · 19/10/2017 12:15

short changing your child??! Confused
We called our Max just Max, because I have a name that has been shortened from birth and I hate all the explaining.

sinceyouask · 19/10/2017 11:53

There's also Maxim/ Maxym/ Maksym, or the gorgeous Welsh name Macsen (which I have also seen spelled as Maxsen).

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BernardBlacksHangover · 19/10/2017 11:27

Fwiw I don't think you've "short changed" your DS coffee!

I think of Max as a name in its own right. I usually prefer a long name on the bc, but Max is one of those short names which doesn't 'need' it imo. Same with Leo. I do like the name Max, I just don't like it quite enough to use it on its own.

I'm not totally sold on Maxwell either, but it is growing on me. I think (from google only) that it's a Scottish name? I tend to like Scottish names as a few of my favourites are Scottish names (vetoed by DH).

I think it's going to end up being something other than Max. DH chose dd's name, (though I love it now). I'm not having a name I don't completely love this time.

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CoffeeChocolateWine · 19/10/2017 10:48

Love the idea that I've 'short changed my child' by calling him Max Grin

Max is a name in its own right. Maximus and Maximilian sound too much to my ear and I don't like Maxwell.

Redpramlady · 19/10/2017 08:12

Max... simple and strong

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BernardBlacksHangover · 19/10/2017 07:29

Thanks all for comments. DH likes Max. I'm not sure about Maxwell, but it's grown on me over time. Maximilian is nice too, I just think it could be a bit too much. DH doesn't like that either.

Could very well end up being neither as I'm not sure I like Max enough to use on the bc.

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Mantegnaria · 19/10/2017 07:03

They aren't "longer versions of the name". "Max" is a shortened nickname for people with those longer names.

Mantegnaria · 19/10/2017 07:02

Maxwell, Maximilian or Maximus. Then just call him Max for short.

Using just "Max" on the official forms is short changing your child.

Nonameyet1 · 19/10/2017 06:57

Thinking about it I quite like Maxwell... Max is great too.

CoffeeChocolateWine · 18/10/2017 22:45

My Max is just Max. I don't really like the longer versions of the name.

WishingCarrot · 18/10/2017 22:13

I quite like it though.

WishingCarrot · 18/10/2017 22:12

This is outing, but my dh middle name is maxwell and he absolutely despises it.

sinceyouask · 18/10/2017 20:12

I like both. Maxwell for bc and Max for every day. One of my children is Max for every day but has a longer name on the bc.

AnyaMoondial · 18/10/2017 20:10

I think maxwell is awesome.

Chaffinch4 · 18/10/2017 20:05

Just Max, unless you really like Maxwell.

MikeUniformMike · 18/10/2017 19:39

Just Max.

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BernardBlacksHangover · 18/10/2017 19:37

Maximus reminds me too much of the word maximum and also Gadiator. Based on DH and DD, I think our DS is likely to be on the slender side, so maybe not terribly gladiatorial.

Maximilian is nice, but not sure if it's a bit much maybe? I don't usually like boy names ending in n with our surname but that would work if we liked the name enough.

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verystressedmum · 18/10/2017 19:19

Max

Santawontbelong · 18/10/2017 19:19

Maximus. .

BartlebyTheScrivener · 18/10/2017 19:18

I prefer Max
What about Maximilian? I love it!