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01-07-2013 at 8:03 PM
apastinack
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Give it to me straight ladies....

Okay we have decided on a name for baby boy. 

drum roll please.............................

Paxton Alexander

So give it to me straight ladies... what do you think? Good, bad, indifferent?  Will he get beaten up on the play ground or mocked endlessly in school because of the name?

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I think Paxton is terrible. It sounds made up. I do like Alexander, though!
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01-07-2013 at 8:08 PM
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I like it.... Have definately heard worse!
 
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It's pretty bad in my book. Alexander is nice.
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01-07-2013 at 8:09 PM
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NMS, but I don't think that it is anything to be teased over. It isn't common enough to be ordinary, but in a similar vein to lots of trendy names you see these days, so kids he grows up with won't bat an eye.
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It's NMS but I do like it. It sounds like a good strong name.

The only thing I'm not crazy about is the name meaning, for Paxton,  I'm picky on meanings though.

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I really hate Paxton. I think it will scream "2010's!!!!" for the rest of his life (the way Tiffany screams 1980's!!!!). It's just too trendy. 
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01-07-2013 at 8:11 PM
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I don't like it but he won't be made fun of for it.

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01-07-2013 at 8:12 PM
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I think of Bill Paxton, but I don't think he'd get beat up for it.  I think it's nice and unique.
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01-07-2013 at 8:13 PM
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Not a fan of Paxton but Alexander is great.
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01-07-2013 at 8:13 PM
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It does fit several trends:  1. random surname as first name 2. which ends in -on, 3. Pax/Jax/Max etc. names for boys.  These things make it very much NMS, but it's not the sort of name that's going to get him teased.

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01-07-2013 at 8:14 PM
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DaisyBlinks:
I really hate Paxton. I think it will scream "2010's!!!!" for the rest of his life (the way Tiffany screams 1980's!!!!). It's just too trendy. 

I agree.  Paxton is definitely NMS and I do think it will sound very dated because it's so trendy.  
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01-07-2013 at 8:16 PM
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I really hate Paxton. I think it will scream "2010's!!!!" for the rest of his life the way Tiffany screams 1980's!!!!. It's just too trendy.nbsp;

I also agree. I don't think he'll be made fun of but I don't like the name.
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I just don't like Paxton. NMS. Alexander is a good middle name though.
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01-07-2013 at 8:16 PM
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Really not a fan of Paxton.  Sounds like another surname trying to convert to first name trend.  Love Alexander though.
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DaisyBlinks:
I really hate Paxton. I think it will scream "2010's!!!!" for the rest of his life (the way Tiffany screams 1980's!!!!). It's just too trendy. 

I agree with this. But I don't think he will be teased by the other kids any more than Tiffany was. Some kids might even envy his stylish name in the way that I sometimes envied Amber and Krystle.
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01-07-2013 at 8:21 PM
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agree with PP.

Paxton is NMS and trendy.

Alexander is awesome name.

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01-07-2013 at 8:25 PM
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I don't think the name Paxton will age well. Kinda cutesy.
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KarlsSweetie05:

agree with PP.

Paxton is NMS and trendy.

Alexander is awesome name.

Ditto.
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01-07-2013 at 8:27 PM
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I Love Alexander, but it's a little too boring to me for a FN. I like it very much as a middle

I strongly prefer Pax over Paxton. 

I don't think it's terrible, it's just NMS

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01-07-2013 at 8:30 PM
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NMS, but I don't think that it is anything to be teased over. It isn't common enough to be ordinary, but in a similar vein to lots of trendy names you see these days, so kids he grows up with won't bat an eye.

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01-07-2013 at 8:31 PM
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 I have a common last name so I wanted to avoid the top 10... really top 100 for our kids. We had a really difficult time agreeing on a name 2 yrs ago, but we named our son Paxton Michael.  We have gotten some looks, some "what is it again?" and some Angelina Jolie comments (she has a Pax) but for the most part people really like it.  One of my mom's coworkers even "stole" his name and named her son Paxton James. And TBH, I like the fact that some people don't like it.  Hopefully it will never be a popular name.
I LOVE it.  It fits him and I love the meaning. It's different but not weird, strong and masculine and has a cute NN yet it will still mature with him.  We have met one other IRL and there are at least 2 other moms here on TB with boys named Paxton. 
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01-07-2013 at 8:32 PM
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mrsmcdonald:
I think Paxton is terrible. It sounds made up. I do like Alexander, though!

This, although I have heard worse and I don't think he'll get beat up over it.  
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01-07-2013 at 8:35 PM
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DaisyZH:
I think of Bill Paxton, but I don't think he'd get beat up for it.  I think it's nice and unique.
 

This was my thought exactly. Bill Paxton. And the name is unique, but not anything no one's ever heard of or can't spell. If you love it, go for it!
 
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01-07-2013 at 8:42 PM
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I actually like it!  My cousin and my friend both used the name Paxton and it's cute.  
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01-07-2013 at 8:43 PM
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I really dislike Paxton, but I don't care for trendy names.  Alexander is nice.
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01-07-2013 at 8:47 PM
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Well I don't think he is going to get bullied in that manner because of his name. Statistically that is not why children bully.

 However I can't say I like Paxton. I really like Alexander though! Have you considered Alexander Paxton?

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01-07-2013 at 8:52 PM
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capulet:
It does fit several trends:  1. random surname as first name 2. which ends in -on, 3. Pax/Jax/Max etc. names for boys.  These things make it very much NMS, but it's not the sort of name that's going to get him teased.

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01-07-2013 at 8:53 PM
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I have only heard it on girls....which I don't like either.

Paxton sounds baby-ish, I can't imagine a 12 year old boy with this name. Makes me think of TamPax.    Sorry, you said to be honest.
 
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I like it, and I'm hard to please when it comes to names.
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