Maxine - too old fashioned or ready for a comeback?

[Moonbaby92]

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

I find it rather dated, a made up name from the 50s/60s which I don't think would ever be due a comeback. Sounds French, but it isn't.

Someone in my extended family named her baby Maxima, which is better. The Queen of the Netherlands is Maxima I think
Unfortunately my relative calls her little girl Max for short, sounds very masculine. But I suppose you will get that with any Max--name.

I think of Carr. Also think its a pretty harsh sounding not very nice name, sorry.

Hadn't heard of it in ages but seeing it now quite like. Maxine - Max for short. Cute! And classy.

My friend is called Maxine but everyone calls her Max!

Maxima would be great!

Thanks for your replies. I think it's growing on me!

Naff not classy - sorry 😏

NO. definitely not. would be very cruel to any child, let alone your own. how could you. nor myra either.
dont do it.
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Maxine Carr was my first thought and is in living memory for most.

I think people won't think of Carr once you announce your baby. They would think of her! I didn't think off maxine carr initially I was thinking what a nice name it is. It's not a faddy fashionable one but neither seems an old person name. They're won't be 5 of them in school either

the best you can hope for is that people will feel sorry for her, and wonder why her parents saddled her with a name with such absolutely negative connotations.
many others will simply avoid her. perhaps unconsciously, eg in job applications. life is competitive, why give your offspring an extra hurdle.
sheer vanity and egotism.. "I like it so i dont care."

carry on then. why ask.

Some names are synonymous with evil, that's one

It’s fine to say you dislike a name, but that is an absolutely ridiculous statement to make. It’s a pretty inoffensive name - it’s not like we are discussing if you should call a child Hitler.
Do you think “oooh...evil” every time you meet a Maxine? It’s a pretty common name and pretty offensive to anyone that has that name. I know at least a couple in their 30s and one in her 20s.
Do you make the same statement about Ian? Or maybe a Ted or a Jeffrey? Or is it just women’s names?

Not for me personally. It isn't classed as posh around here.

My friend is called Maxine. She is in her 20s and very cool, so I have very positive associations with the name! I like the sound too, positive and upbeat.

Ps. Have never once thought of Maxine Carr when spending time with my friend!

I don't like it, it's clunky and stolid.

I like it. Also thought of Max from Stranger Things, not Maxine Carr.