Max or Charlie??

[Charl75]

Hi,
I'm due in 2 weeks and finding it hard to choose a boy's name!
Loved Max from first finding out I was pregnant. Family(esp my parents) not that keen though. Bit put off by the fact that Christina Aguilara and J-Lo have called their babies Max and the not so nice Kerry Katona is going to use the name Max too!!!
Worried it may also be or become over popular.
Like the name Charlie as a second choice but again worried it's now too popular. Also it may be too much like my own name Charlotte which is sometimes abbreviated to Charl or Charlie! Any advice welcomed!!!

would use the full versions of the name & then shorten them

Pointy ! Tsk!
My boy is a Charlie. I have never regretted it. He is gorgeous (seriuosly, he really is).
He was actually named Charles. That was in case he ended up as a High Court judge and needed to be formal.
( He has profound SN though so it isn't likely although he would be very good with a gavel ).
I only had a moments twinge when his brother started calling him Char but it is only DS1 so I have to let it go as a brother thing.

Love Charlie, reminds me of a teenage boyfriend of mine.

Max is nice, but it is a bit fashionable at the moment - I think it will date more quickly than Charles/Charlie.

Hasten to add that I mean a boyfriend I had in my teens, not a teenage I am currently consorting with!

of course thats what you meant.

sorry paggers. I throw caution to the wind when posting on these name threads.

I did always wonder how i would feel if someone trashed my DC's names on here.
Surprisingly untroubled..

(Wait to see how I eact when the other two come up)

Aaaaaaaaaaghhh about KK - after Max Clifford I guess. Anyway, what about Mac as an alternative?

Something to think about. Thanks

DDs second boyfriend was called Max (she's only 7 and on her 4th!) and I wished they were 21 so she could marry him (joking!!!).

He was lovely though, so I do like the name.

Charlie reminds me of Charlie Dimmock. Not a positive reference point, I know, but I can't get it out of my head! Also, the expression 'right charlie' keeps coming into my head, which is a shame, as the name is really quite cute.

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Both are great names.

It's Charlie for me!