Maverick?

MrsI

We just found out we are having a boy and have started to throw around names so far Maverick is the only one we both like. So opinions? Anything negative we haven't thought about?

Middle name would be Eugene and DD is Eliana Marie.

Fianschneid

MrsI:

We just found out we are having a boy and have started to throw around names so far Maverick is the only one we both like. So opinions? Anything negative we haven't thought about? Middle name would be Eugene and DD is Eliana Marie.

Only if you've ever met anyone who has seen Top Gun.

NMS. Maybe it would work as a middle name, though, if it has special meaning to you.

kmichln

I have a good friend that actually just named her son this. I hadn't really heard it before then. I really like it.

plunderb

I don't like it. I think it is one of the dreaded "trying too hard to be cool" names. It seems so overly macho and brash that it seems to be compensating for some perceived threat to masculinity, like the name equivalent of a red sports car.

Plenty of people like it, though ? it recently broke into the top 500 and is still gaining.

CeCe8579

I don't like it.

catahoulatte

I really dislike. Like Plunder said, it screams "Trying too hard" to me. Sorry.

mattsdorothy

When DH and I throw around names, I try to think of a professional adult with the name we are discussing. Maverick is such a "big" name... as in big ego. I just can't imagine interacting on a professional level with someone named Maverick.

Helenahhandbasket

plunderb:

I don't like it. I think it is one of the dreaded "trying too hard to be cool" names. It seems so overly macho and brash that it seems to be compensating for some perceived threat to masculinity, like the name equivalent of a red sports car.

Plenty of people like it, though ? it recently broke into the top 500 and is still gaining.

All of this.  Sorry OP.

MrsI

Thanks for the feedback. Back to work now and I'll check back later tonight again.

526SadieSadie

Pre-Sarah Palin I thought of Top Gun.

Post-Sarah Palin, I hear her saying John McCain is a maverick over and over again.  And Tina Fey saying "Maverick-y maverickness" in character.

and Top Gun.

I don't like it as a name.

adoring

Fianschneid:

Only if you've ever met anyone who has seen Top Gun.

NMS. Maybe it would work as a middle name, though, if it has special meaning to you.

this.

Kmommy91

I like it!

janneann1127

Please don't do that to your child. I'm sorry, but it is really, really awful.

neverblushed

Oh... no, no, no.

MrsJ723

Helenahhandbasket:

plunderb:

I don't like it. I think it is one of the dreaded "trying too hard to be cool" names. It seems so overly macho and brash that it seems to be compensating for some perceived threat to masculinity, like the name equivalent of a red sports car.

Plenty of people like it, though ? it recently broke into the top 500 and is still gaining.

All of this.  Sorry OP.

Agreed.

Zimger

I love it!

I know it gets a good bit of hate on this board but I really do like it.

 

salt78

It makes me think of Sarah Palin, which is NOT a good thing.

capulet

Fianschneid:

MrsI:

We just found out we are having a boy and have started to throw around names so far Maverick is the only one we both like. So opinions? Anything negative we haven't thought about? Middle name would be Eugene and DD is Eliana Marie.

Only if you've ever met anyone who has seen Top Gun.

NMS. Maybe it would work as a middle name, though, if it has special meaning to you.

Speaking of which, I just found out that DH, whom I've known more than a decade, has never seen Top Gun.  Who is this person I married?

Anyway, I agree, this sounds like a trying-too-hard kind of name and it would be a pain in the neck to carry professionally.  Nickname or middle name, fine.  Legal first name, no.

futurestaples

Wow I wouldn't have expected the amount of dislike... I know a Maverick who is an adult and the name has never bothered me! It is def not an awful name at all and not super popular either! I like it! Good luck!

TristaD81

plunderb:

I don't like it. I think it is one of the dreaded "trying too hard to be cool" names. It seems so overly macho and brash that it seems to be compensating for some perceived threat to masculinity, like the name equivalent of a red sports car.Plenty of people like it, though it recently broke into the top 500 and is still gaining.

ITA with all of this. Also, it reminds me of Sarah Palin, which is NOT a good association for me.

Cranang

salt78:

It makes me think of Sarah Palin, which is NOT a good thing.

This.  It's just an awful "name."  I put that in quotes for a reason.

Zimger

I think it is a name that people either really like or don't.

I came back to say if I didn't think it was a good name I wouldn't have given it to one of my children *points to siggy*

thetheisens

Zimger:

I love it!

I know it gets a good bit of hate on this board but I really do like it.

 

Ditto. It's a definitely a GP name of mine. 

magsugar13

makes me want to yell YEEEEHAAAAWW

mhickey426

I have a student with that name he does not like it at all.  He is in high school and is seriously thinking about changing it when he gets older.

mtm0109

OP our sons name is Maverick.

we have received only positive feedback from people when we tell them his name. We love it. Totally suits him too, We weren't trying to be cool and well were definitely not a-holes (really?!) as another posted stated. To each their own.  

I have a friend who named her baby Marek. I think that a great name too. 

 Good luck with deciding! 

virgin4lyfe

I actually really love it. A friend from college is named Maverick and it's wonderful on him. He's an adult now and he has no problem with it.

salt78