Clarification on Jaxson or Max

As I said on the other thread, the x represents the ‘cks’ in Jackson. You therefore don’t need the extra s, it just looks silly.

I think a potential employer sifting through application forms might have some preconceptions about a Jaxson. That said, you’re in the USA. Maybe things are different there.

Sorry, I have to agree with most comments on here in that Jaxson really isn't my favourite name...

I like Max though 🙂

Oh, OP. Mumsnet is a UK site, so yes, you're going to get UK opinions.

And mine is that a lot of Americans give their kids really stupid names, such as Jaxson.

Some Brits are starting to copy this trend but it is seen as quite a trashy thing here. If your child has a name like this then people will generally make some rather unflattering assumptions about your child's social class and the parents' intelligence.

If you plan to bring your child up in the US and not in the UK then it's probably less of an issue. I guess it stands to reason that if more people have these kinds of names over there then it's less likely to raise eyebrows.

But still, for the love of all that is holy, pick Max. It's so much better.

Jaxon. Nope.
How about Maxim, Max for short?

Yep. My mother would have said common as muck!
Max is fine.
Jaxson could work ok in the US. You may be from there but is that where you will be bringing up your child?

Like throwing perfectly good tea in the harbour.

@mamaAngela the comments are about the UK because this is a British website. If you wanted British opinions on your baby name then this is place to come, if you want American opinions then I'm sure there are plenty of great US based sites. UK and American names are very different, we might share a common language but what goes down in your country is not the same as what goes down well here in the UK.

This is a UK site, OP. You are correct, American naming traditions are very different. Are you in America? If so, you could probably call him Carbonite Reduxti Anderpox and it would be fine. If you're in the UK, and will be raising the child in the UK, it might matter to you the reactions you will get to the name.

Presumably it matters to you a bit or you wouldn't have come online to ask in the first place?

For the sake of your child, please, I beg you not to name him Jaxson. He won't thank you for it when he's older. There's absolutely nothing wrong with Jackson, the proper spelling - if nothing else, it's grammatically correct! Like @DianaTrentIsBack said, there are tons of other names to choose from that won't make you look unintelligent and, dare I say it, "chavvy". For the love of God, just pick something else. Max is fine, Jackson is fine. Jaxson is not.

I think this may be the time the family tradition should be left to die out, OP.

@DianaTrentIsBack:
Nobody knows or cares about the backstory, all they will see is this dreadful name that will mark your child out as, to be brutally frank, deprived and thick as pig shit.

Followed immediately by @MamaAngela
That's why I chose the name.

Well no one can say you don't know your own mind, OP!

A parent from my dd's class had a baby earlier in the year. Named it Jax. Every single person I've heard them tell the name to has reacted the same way:

The baby's here! Congratulations! What's the name?

Jax.

Jack?

No, Jax.

Jax? Dax?

Jax.

Oh... Okay... Congratulations!

It was very funny playground listening for about a week and a half. I don't recall a single person complimenting the name.

There are millions of names in the world that you could give your child. Why in God's name would you choose something that makes you look like an illiterate chav.

The name Jaxon is dire enough, I don't even know what to think about that added S. As if you're too thick to know that the' X' means there 's no need for the 'S'.

Nobody knows or cares about the backstory, all they will see is this dreadful name that will mark your child out as, to be brutally frank, deprived and thick as pig shit.

"Just ignore them OP. Mumsnet is full of massive snobs. If you like the name then use it."

No, the OP should not ignore us. They came here for people's opinions so that's what they're getting whether they like those opinions or not. The majority of us here agree that Jaxson is an awful spelling of a traditional name, so we're simply pointing that out to prevent OP from giving their child a name which will lead them to a lifetime of it being misspelled and judged.

Jax is a nice name 😀

Well, that escalated quickly.

Please don't let all this take away from the name being absolutely ridiculous OP.

I'm not old and I'm not a snob... I just like real names that don't make me spit my tea out when I hear them :)

Basically OP, if you call your son Jaxson everyone will assume that his mother is on about the same intellectual level as @K1mberlylauren here.

Harsh but true.

The UK is still a very class bound society and social mobility is slowing down.
Your name shouldn't matter but people will internally make judgements on your name and what it says about you.
That you are young and cool isn't the most likely thought that is going to be had.
Obviously you can name your dc whatever you like but realistically judgements are going to be made.