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Maxine - too old fashioned or ready for a comeback?

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Moonbaby92 · 16/05/2020 20:46

Dp is trying to get me to come around to this name but I'm just not sure. What do you think?

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june2007 · 16/05/2020 20:58

I also think of Max from casualty.

ZsaZsaMc · 16/05/2020 20:56

I also have no other association / reference for the name which is why it’s my first and only thought. Men who have been involved in terrible crimes generally have more common names - the first Ian I think of is Ian Wright for example!

FenellaMaxwell · 16/05/2020 20:56

Carr. Sorry.

17caterpillars1mouse · 16/05/2020 20:55

Love it! I don't think it'll ever be popular enough to be considered to have made a come back, but it would certainly be refreshing to meet a little Maxine. Max is a great nn for a girl too

helpmum2003 · 16/05/2020 20:54

It doesn't do much for me. I know some lovely women with the name and even that doesn't swing it.

ZsaZsaMc · 16/05/2020 20:53

I think of Soham too sorry

NameChange84 · 16/05/2020 20:53

If you are in the Uk, no.

Destroyedpeople · 16/05/2020 20:52

Cool name

june2007 · 16/05/2020 20:52

Like it. I think of stranger things, and that's cool.

Zampa · 16/05/2020 20:51

It's an unusual name and I go straight to Maxine Carr and the Soham murders. However, people associate names I like with unsavoury characters so if you like it, go for it.

Vellum · 16/05/2020 20:51

Agree it feels dated as it’s not old enough to be retro chic.

PorpentiaScamander · 16/05/2020 20:51

Past obviously not passed Hmm

PorpentiaScamander · 16/05/2020 20:51

Maxine Carr is my first thought. But when I get passed that I quite like it.

Peridotty · 16/05/2020 20:50

Hmm it’s an okay name but it would remind me of Maxine Carr.

Awbu · 16/05/2020 20:50

I like it but it’s not old enough to be retro yet

MarkRuffaloCrumble · 16/05/2020 20:49

I’ve only ever met one and she’s lovely. She’s in her 60s but as she’s the only one, it doesn’t feel like an ‘older’ name, just her name!

There was a Maxine (Max for short) in Stranger Things and she was pretty badass, so it might have a revival off the back of that?

LotusClover · 16/05/2020 20:48

I quite like it. Classy, uncommon, maybe a bit posh?

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