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Maxwell or Maximilian?

37 replies

ShutUpAlex · 07/05/2021 19:45

I like just Max but partner is insisting the baby will need a full proper name if it’s a boy.

Or any other variations of Max! I really like Maxim but the dirty mag associations Sad

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Adventing · 07/05/2021 20:25

I prefer Maximilian as Maxwell seems a bit more surnamey.I've known one of each both and they're both nice kids, nice names. Maxim in Rebecca is shorterned from Maximilian iirc

StillRailing · 07/05/2021 20:25

Maximilian.

KirstenBlest · 07/05/2021 20:23

Maximilian

ZednotZee · 07/05/2021 20:14

Maximillian.

Go hard or go home Grin

user143677433 · 07/05/2021 20:14

Massimiliano!

annacondom · 07/05/2021 20:12

Maxim, to me, means Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca, which is my favourite book, so I'd go for that. Not Maxwell, as in Robert.

EmphaticPeriod · 07/05/2021 20:12

Maxim for a boy
Maxine for a girl
Max as nn

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 07/05/2021 20:10

I love Maxim and I know a teenage one (named after the Rebecca character) - I don't think he's had any issues with the lad mag reference (maybe it's passé now?).

But anyway of the two Maximilian is much nicer imo - classic and stylish but if he feels it's too much he can still go by simple Max day to day (the same way similar Sebastian's sometimes go by Seb).

Maxwell is okay, but a bit "surname trendy" (fits in with all the Mason's, Jackson's, Finley's etc) .

Ouchiehelpneeded · 07/05/2021 20:10

Macsen is the Welsh version, often abbreviated to Max. I think it's really nice.

Aprilshowersandhail · 07/05/2021 20:10

Maximus..

Twinkie01 · 07/05/2021 20:07

Maximilian. Can't get over the wanking sign that came with Maxwell House (I'm hoping I'm not misremembering).

DotDotDotDotDot · 07/05/2021 19:56

I think Max can definitely stand as a name on its own. However if you want a longer version for the bc I’d go for Maxwell, all the others just seem a bit much to me. Good luck.