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Sugarcoma · 08/03/2017 18:12

Would you assume it's short for Maxwell or Maximilian?

DH and I both love 'Max' but agree it needs to be a bit longer on the birth certificate - but we can't decide whether it should be Maxwell or Maximilian and I'm curious to hear the MN consensus...

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Joeybee · 11/03/2017 01:33

I would assume it's short for Maxwell, however I think Maximilian is the nicer name.

Puremince · 12/03/2017 13:08

I wouldn't assume anything, but the only Max I know if short for Maximilian.

daisypond · 12/03/2017 13:13

I'd assume Max was short for Maximilian. It would never occur to me it could be Maxwell - I didn't know that was a first name.

pamplemoussed · 12/03/2017 13:18

I would assume he was a Maximilian and Max was his nickname.

I think Maxwell is very American - aka Maxwell Caulfield, US actor who used to be in Dynasty.

JaneJeffer · 12/03/2017 13:18

This is what I think of when I hear Max

When you hear the name Max...
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