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Help[Opinions] Maverick
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A guilty pleasure, though I'm not sure if I could see a real person with it.
Personally, it reminds me of my brother; I think he had that as a nickname of his for a short while.
Logan: Hey, listen, I need you to do me a favor.
Dick: It's not that favor that Bobby Brown does for Whitney, is it?
From Veronica Mars, episode 2.11 ("Donut Run")
Personally, it reminds me of my brother; I think he had that as a nickname of his for a short while.
Dick: It's not that favor that Bobby Brown does for Whitney, is it?
From Veronica Mars, episode 2.11 ("Donut Run")
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My mom had a Maverick (car) when she & my dad got married. I'm not fond of it for a person's name...
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Not so much . . .
I have a hard time imagining a guy in a suit introducing himself as Maverick such-and-such in open court. Or someone applying for a Fortune 500 company with the name and getting very far. Or really, anyone over the age of 30 introducing himself as Maverick who wasn't a soap opera or action movie character.
I believe in versatility in kid-naming. Give the kid something that'll work if he wants to be a writer or an accountant or a rock star or lawyer or a construction worker or a president or . . . you get the point. Maverick . . . not so versatile.
I have a hard time imagining a guy in a suit introducing himself as Maverick such-and-such in open court. Or someone applying for a Fortune 500 company with the name and getting very far. Or really, anyone over the age of 30 introducing himself as Maverick who wasn't a soap opera or action movie character.
I believe in versatility in kid-naming. Give the kid something that'll work if he wants to be a writer or an accountant or a rock star or lawyer or a construction worker or a president or . . . you get the point. Maverick . . . not so versatile.
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a maverick is an unbranded calf
It's also has a meaning similar to rebel. In my head I picture a brash, chauvinistic man in western gear, a Marlboro man. None of those are associations I'd want to burden a child with.
“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”
~Mark Twain
It's also has a meaning similar to rebel. In my head I picture a brash, chauvinistic man in western gear, a Marlboro man. None of those are associations I'd want to burden a child with.
~Mark Twain
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love it! it's my number 3 name for a boy.
~Erin Lee, wife of Matthew James, mama to Sarah Patrice~
~Erin Lee, wife of Matthew James, mama to Sarah Patrice~
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I knew somebody who named her son Maverick. It sounds ok, but I agree with the others- it has a limited shelf life. I can't imagine a CEO with this name.
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It's a title -- for a character, a movie or a record label. But it's not a good name for a person, imo.
~Heather~
~Heather~
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Tom Cruise in Top Gun. That's all I think of.
He was hot and still a relatively normal person back then though, so it's not a horrible association.
Even still, it was just his character's nn and not a real name. It is pretty silly sounding as a legal name. Like another commenter said, it might be ok up until college age or so, but after that it sounds really unprofessional.
He was hot and still a relatively normal person back then though, so it's not a horrible association.
Even still, it was just his character's nn and not a real name. It is pretty silly sounding as a legal name. Like another commenter said, it might be ok up until college age or so, but after that it sounds really unprofessional.
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A bit hard on a boy if he's more academic than athletic! It seems hard to live up to, and at the same time, I'm not sure you'd necessarily *want* him to live up to it...does that make sense?
My other concern is that it could seem a bit silly on a grown man- I guess he could use the nickname Rick as an adult, but I definitely think it could be limiting once he hit 25 or 30 or so. And it's not just that I don't have any imagination- I do, and that's why I don't think it fits!
That's just my opinion, though, and not meant to offend (feel free to make fun of my odd choices). I do understand the appeal of the name.
My other concern is that it could seem a bit silly on a grown man- I guess he could use the nickname Rick as an adult, but I definitely think it could be limiting once he hit 25 or 30 or so. And it's not just that I don't have any imagination- I do, and that's why I don't think it fits!
That's just my opinion, though, and not meant to offend (feel free to make fun of my odd choices). I do understand the appeal of the name.
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I thought similarly.
I considered how ridiculous this name would look on a pudgy 13 year old boy who was kind of whiny and played on his computer a lot. It's definitely a name that could only be pulled off by a small number of people for a specifically, ah, attractive period of their lives, IMO. It'd be a hard one to carry.
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I considered how ridiculous this name would look on a pudgy 13 year old boy who was kind of whiny and played on his computer a lot. It's definitely a name that could only be pulled off by a small number of people for a specifically, ah, attractive period of their lives, IMO. It'd be a hard one to carry.
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Oh i understand what you mean completely. No offence taken, its not a favourtie of mine, I just wanted to know what people thought of it :)
The only way I'd consider using it is as a middle name
The only way I'd consider using it is as a middle name
This message was edited 2/20/2006, 5:49 PM
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Hummm
I kinda like it... But it makes me think of Jack The Ripper... :/
I kinda like it... But it makes me think of Jack The Ripper... :/
This message was edited 2/20/2006, 5:27 PM
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