Maxine?

[kokomo92]

Heard this name for the first time in ages and couldn’t help but think it would be sweet for a little girl. Thoughts?

In all honesty the first thing that springs to mind is Maxine Carr.

With middle names Myra Rose?

This. Sorry.

Yes, too tainted, sorry.

Myra is also objectively a lovely name but a total no-go.

Horrible name

It’s a nice, if dated, name, but is forever linked to Maxine Carr.

Yeah Maxine Carr has ruined this for life

Carr. Big nope.

No way. Just think of that woman

Sorry agree with pp's.

Maxine Carr didn't murder anybody.
Do you feel the same about the name Ian or Frederick?

Nope.

It’s awful regardless of Carr.

It’s velvet headbands and shoulder pads.

There’s always one.

I didn't think of Carr, but it's very 80s.

I genuinely wouldn't think of Maxine Carr but I just don't like it. It's quite an ugly name to my ears. Apologies to all the Maxines out there!

All the Maxines I've met in real life have been lovely, and I like Max as a shortening, but sadly Maxine Carr has ruined it by association for a few years yet, I think.

I know a Maxine and have never thought about the Carr connection. I really don’t think a baby growing up now will have any association with Maxine Carr as their peers will not have heard of her.

Elisabeth Bathory was pretty horrible, but lots of people call their child Elisabeth.

I have also worked with quite a few men called Atilla!

Awful name sorry

First thought, Carr

Even though Maxine Carr was my first thought too, I’m not sure it matters. It’s our generation who remember that story. And even so, if I actually met a Maxine, I am pretty sure she would immediately become my main association with the name.

Maxie is a nice alternative.

It doesn’t matter that a baby’s peers will not think of Carr. The parents’ peers will, and the child’s teachers, and all the other people who remember Soham with whom the child will mix throughout her life.

I think of Max in stranger things, def a good connotation
I assumed she was Maxine but I don’t actually know that

Or just Max. Like the girl in Stranger Things. I think she is a Maxine but wasn’t called that much, and in any event is it less reminiscent of Carr when pronounced the American way (Max EEN).

Cross post!