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I really like Maxwell, but only for a boy.

I always hear the word "swell" in it. Max swell. Yuck. So I can't like it all that much (and I think it'd be particularly bad as a female name). It's also too surnamey for my taste, sort of pretentious. But I like Max, and Maxwell isn't as bad as Chase or Cooper. Better as a middle name, though, IMO.

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For a girl: Maxuelle. haha

Maxwell just makes me think ' Get Smart' and I still think it's horrid on a girl. I prefer Maxfield (for Parrish).

Freaking MAXWELL is going over to the girl's side now? What's next, Wolfgang??? Oh wait.

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You know what? I'm just going to name my next daughter McTestosterone and beat everybody to the punch.

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It's okay, if you don't mind coffee and sanitary pad references. FOR A BOY.

House

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It just feels really generic, plastic, and sterile to me. I don't care for it

I'd assume Maxwell was a boy. I dislike it (not keen on any of the 'Max' names, but this is my least favourite) but I just can't imagine it on a girl

I dislike the -well part and prefer Maximilian.

Your subject says Maxwell and message Maxell, which I'm assuming was the typo and not the other way around.

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I've always liked Maxwell. It's probably my favorite Max name, and it's been on our long list to use IRL before. This is for a boy of course. I didn't know we should even consider that a Maxwell may be a girl... yikes!

I like it, but prefer just Max or Maximilian.

I really don't like any Max names.

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It's fine, less pretentious than some of the other options, better for a boy than a girl.

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I was going to say I knew a Maxwell growing up, but he was Michael and just went by his last name.

I like it. We have a sweet little Maxwell at our preschool, and I enjoy saying his name. Fun sounds to say. :)

I like it, though, IMO, it works better for a girl than for a boy.

I neither like nor dislike. It's ok.

I love Maxwell, and I always have. It's always been one of my favorite boys' names. Glad to hear of a little Maxwell. If my husband had not wanted our son to be named after himself and his paternal ancestors, Maxwell would have been a strong contender for my son's name. I love the nn Max. I prefer Maxwell to Maximilian. Less stuffy.

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