Max

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Just after peoples opinions on this name please!

Too popular? Defintiely don't want him to be one of 3 other Max's throughout his school life!

Max is around the 20th most popular name but there are plenty of Maxwells and Maximilians too who'll go by Max. And probably a few Matts and Matthews too, which can sound similar to Max.

Depends on how popular the name is where you live whether he'll be the only one.

I would say there's a chance he won't be the only Max in his school because it Max is in the top 20 names but it's by no means a dead cert. And, unless it's really popular where you live, he's unlikely to be one of 3. If you pick a name like Max, as opposed to Hubert or Winston or Luciano, it's a chance you take.

For what it's worth, on my postgrad course I'm one of 4 with the same name and, yes, it is annoying but it's not the end of the world.

I know far too many boys named Max. It's a nice name, but ubiquitous.

He'll never be the only one. I can see the name's appeal but there are lots of names that have that one syllable snappy feel.

Gus
Rex
Saul
Guy
Ben
Sam
Dan
Greg
Rob
Don
Dom
Vic

There are LOADS of Maxs out there - has become a little overused imo. Still a nice name but he may likely have to add his initial or other modifier to identify himself.

How about Marcus or Magnus? Less overused and imo much more elegant/more classic.

I have a Max and I don't know another and there isn't one at the school either - We've been lucky, so far

Love it.

Not particularly popular here.

Just because it's a popular name, it doesn't mean there'll be lots in your area. My DS's name has been in the top 3 for the past how ever many years yet he's the only 1 in his year at school. There are more than 2 Finley, Isaac and Noah's though. It's a tricky one as you really can't tell how popular a name is going to be in your area in the year your child is born.

I like Shoobidoo's suggestion of Marcus. I knew a Marcus with the NN Maxi.

Max is quite 'trendy' and has been widely used already. There will likely be several in his school/workplace as he grows up, which, depending on your surname, may mean he shares his name with lots of others.

I personally would choose a more classic, less overused name. Love the suggestions of Magnus and Winston above or how about Martin, Marius or even Micheal?

I really love this name but I think it is waaaaaaay too popular now. I wanted to call our son this until I was at the playground in London and heard three Maxs summoned by their mothers in a very short space of time!

I love the name Marcus

I live in the Glasgow area and see around 300 per school aged children per week in my job. Of these I only know one Max... I know one other and he is my 3 year old ds!

I think it really depends on which part of the country you are in.

I love the name Max and I've never come across one. My children are 16, 12 and 5 so I've come across lots of names but never a Max.

Agree with AllDirections, really love it (my fav book ever is 'Where the wild things are') and don't know of any..

Nice name but yes, there are a lot of them out there already.