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At my workplace, we've had an employee named Marissa (one of two, actually) for a while, and we just recently hired her brother, Max. I'm sure Max isn't short for anything because everyone has to be listed with their full legal name on our shift-planning and for him it says just Max.I hate the name Marissa. I love the name Max, but prefer it to be a nickname. Despite that and despite hating Marissa, I can't help thinking that Marissa and Max has a certain charm as a sibset. What do you think?
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Marissa and Max do make a really nice sib set, I like it a lot.
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Max is my son's name. I was adamant about his name being just Max. I knew that was what I was going to call him and I didn't want him to think a NN was his given name.Marissa is just OK for me. I think its pretty and not all that common.Anyway, I think Max and Morgan would be a cuter sib set or Max and Mason for two boys.
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Marissa is lovely and Max is decent\usable enough. It's not terrible.The sibling set is ok. If they didn't start with the same 2 letters, it may be betterOut of both names, I definitely prefer Marissa more.
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What about Meryl, Lisa or Mary Louise.
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Marissa is ok but I can't stand Max. I don't really get the sibset thing
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yeah, that would make a really cute twin set! Of course, as long as it's Marissa and Maxwell, because I agree, Max is better as a nickname.
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I don't like Max because it sounds like a dog's name, but it's not terrible. Marissa is okay too; the names go well together as a sibset.I know a woman with a pair of twins about seven or eight years old. Their full names are Maxwell and Isabella, but they are called Max and Bella. I wince whenever I hear those names, because as a pair they sound exactly like somebody's overbred, overpriced dogs, the kind where the owner sends out Xmas cards and givs presents in the dogs' names and does it in total seriousness.
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...and this is why I don't think dogs should have people names!
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I really dislike Marissa as well, and I can't find anything charming about Marissa and Max as a sibset. I like Max - either as a nickname or a full name. My cousin have a son named Max which is very common here as a given name.
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