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What do you think of the name Maverick?

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Re: What do you think of the name Maverick?

  • salt78salt78 member
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    My other children had names that were almost never used, but now they are more popular.  

    Gosh you are such a trendsetter.

    You may not know about the Sarah Palin thing or the Top Gun, but that doesn't mean that like everyone else your son encounters won't know about it too.

    I'm confused as to why you even asked our opinions anyway.

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  • lisa5201lisa5201 member

    I don't get the "trying too hard to be cool" thing. I don't think you could say that about a person/name unless you knew them

    I think you either are, or you aren't the kind of people who could pull off having a kid named Maverick.

    Would your friends family think it was crazy and totally unexpected of you? Are the other kids in your circle of friends named Emma, Aiden, Lily and Jackson? Do you drive a minivan? Wear a fanny pack while on vacation?

    If you answered "Yes" to the above, then you are not cool enough to name your kid Maverick

    I LOVE the name. It was on our list for a long time, but it's since gotten passed over as the favorite. I love the NN Mac and your DS could always use Rick if he wanted to for professional reasons. 

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  • da731da731 member
    Super-bad. I just keep hearing Sarah Palin proclaiming, "I'm a Maverick! I'm a Maverick!"

    Shoot me.
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  • ZimgerZimger member

    I agree. It's not a cookie cutter name. It's meaning is to go against the grain. We have it in our top two for our little boy! While I love traditional names (we chose Elsie Jane for our girl) I also like the sense of adventure in names like Maverick. As far as it having a political/slang connotation...yes it does, BUT it's hard not to run into this problem with names. That's like saying someone with the name Charles is a great guy but a guy with a name like Maverick is trouble. I can think of at least one very famous Charles who is not a very pleasant person. If someone judges a person on their name alone they are being ridiculous.

    My name isn't thought of too highly nowadays...My mom never thought "hey a horrible hurricane is going to hit New Orleans and cause all kinds of havoc...I probably shouldn't name her Katrina!"  The connotation of a name in society can change at the drop of a hat. However, it hasn't hindered my careeer. Or doomed me forever. Wink

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  • ZimgerZimger member

    imageda731:
    Super-bad. I just keep hearing Sarah Palin proclaiming, "I'm a Maverick! I'm a Maverick!"

    Shoot me.

     Sarah Palin needs a dictionary and a map close by at all times so she knows what she is saying. She's far from a Maverick. She doesn't go against the grain she just runs off at the mouth without thinking. Terrible! Ick!

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  • da731da731 member
    imageZimger:

    imageda731:
    Super-bad. I just keep hearing Sarah Palin proclaiming, "I'm a Maverick! I'm a Maverick!"

    Shoot me.

     Sarah Palin needs a dictionary and a map close by at all times so she knows what she is saying. She's far from a Maverick. She doesn't go against the grain she just runs off at the mouth without thinking. Terrible! Ick!

    You are preachin' to the choir, sister! Double-vom!! 

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