Thoughts on Maxim?

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Thinking of calling our little boy Maxim Grey, he would probably just go by Max.

What’s your thoughts on Maxim?

Wasn’t that a lads mag?

Yep, 90s lads mag was my first thought.

Just Max is fine.

I like Max but I really don't like Maxim. I'm not sure why.

There’s a ‘Maximus’ at my daughters nursery. That’s better, if you must.

Yes Maxim was a lads mag which is still online. I would just have Max

We are abroad and one of DS1's nursery friends was Maxim. Every time I said it I heard "Maxine" and every time the lad was mentioned to any English family they also heard Maxine and assumed we were talking about a girl, if that would bother you.

How about Maxwell?

It makes me think of Maxim de Winter in Rebecca, which is not an altogether positive association given the character.

Max is enough, Imho.

Max or Maximilian are nice.

Maxwell and Maxim not so pleasing to the ear IMO.

I love Max so it's a yes from me, also massive fan of The Prodigy.
There's a few children called Maxim/Maksym at my DC's schools.
Macsen the Welsh name is also quite popular in my area.

I also love Maxwell and Maxton

I also thought of the titty mag. I suppose children won't know about that but will probably tell him his name was meant to be 'Maximum Grey' and that their parents did it wrong on the birth certificate.

Sounds like a sanitary towel

Would just stick with Max

I like Max

If I had a Max, it would be short for Maxwell I think.

Max is better

Maxim De Winter from the classic novel Rebecca. Its an underused classic, with a gorgeous, sophisticated sound to me - I really love it. I don't think the lads magazine thing matters (people still use Elle for girls after all?) but if you are worried you could use traditional Maximilian on the BC.

Agree, I immediately thought of Maxim de Winter from Rebecca. Gorgeous name IMO

I immediately thought of the lads mag...

Have a grown friend called Maxwell, it really suits him. Intelligent, strong cheek bones, but also makes a cracking cup of tea.

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Maxim De Winter from the classic novel Rebecca. Its an underused classic, with a gorgeous, sophisticated sound to me - I really love it. I don't think the lads magazine thing matters (people still use Elle for girls after all?) but if you are worried you could use traditional Maximilian on the BC.

Last time I checked Elle isn’t a nudey top shelf mag so it’s not really a fair comparison

@Persipan me too - Rebecca is a classic book but a possible wife-killer isn't the best association, or the 90s lads' mag either!

OP why not go for Max, it is a nice name as it is.

Last time I checked Elle isn’t a nudey top shelf mag so it’s not really a fair comparison

Yes but Elle obviously means "She", so still could seem a little odd as a given name, was my point. I guess for Maxim it depends on whether you are more likely to read a classic novel or a lads mag! Maxim is a well used name in other languages though (outside of those two English references) - so I find it very useable personally.

I love it! We considered for our boy but I had a beloved cat called Max and my boss's son is Max so it feels odd. Go for it!

Maxim de Winter definitely murdered his wife and then had a creepy, rebound relationship with a woman much younger and poorer than him in some kind of strange power play. In MN terms, I think he would be classed as a narcissist at the very least.

Max is a better bet in my opinion.

I really like Maxim.
I didn't know about the 90s magazine but I'm a huge Rebecca fan and it wouldn't put me off.
I much prefer it to Maxwell or Maximilian - and to Max on its own.