Comments on: Name of the Day: Macsen

By: Sunday Summary: 10/30/11 | Appellation Mountain

Sunday Summary: 10/30/11 | Appellation Mountain — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:11:43 +0000

[...] unexpected, like one of these Celtic Cool names from British Baby Names – Jory, Lorcan, Macsen, Treeve; Aderyn, Eleri, Emblyn, Kerensa, Tressa, Ysella. If I had any claim to any Celtic [...]

By: Bewildertrix

Bewildertrix — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:05:58 +0000

And I can’t back the Maxon spelling. Reminds me too much of the nausea medication prescribed early on in this pregnancy – Maxolon. Just no.

By: Bewildertrix

Bewildertrix — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:04:14 +0000

^^ Yeah, that.

By: caroline

caroline — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:29:57 +0000

Negative. But then, I’m no huge fan of Max, anyway.

By: Joy

Joy — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:14:28 +0000

I could get behind Maxon a whole lot faster than Macsen.

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:42:11 +0000

I like the story and would use Magnus in a heartbeat, if it worked with our surname.

I initially read Macsen as Mac-Son and therefore a patronymic surname meaning “Son of Son”. I typically like Welsh names, but the -cs- looks misspelled and the anglicized spelling Maxen looks too much like Jaxon. It’s a lot like Mícheál, a proper Irish name, but it usually just looks misspelled.

By: Mneme

Mneme — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:11:45 +0000

LOL, JNE hits my feelings right on the head. If people don’t know what a name really is or the history behind it, who cares? I like names for my own reasons, not as a means to impress other people with my onomastic knowledge.

That said, of course I like Macsen. I tend to llike most Welsh names anyhow, but Macsen has a very nice sound and fits right in with the current popularity trends without being just another “Max R.” or “the other Max” in a classroom.

By: Sebastiane

Sebastiane — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:29:23 +0000

I rather like this, I’d never use it myself, but I appreciate the history and long usage of this name, while at the same time fitting right into the tryndee pool, without being tryndee

By: JNE

JNE — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:01:19 +0000

While on the surface I’m with all the others – looked like a Max/Jackson smoosh to me.

But then, who cares if it looks all trendy. I mean, to some, er, make that many people I’ve come across out and about in real life, Imogen is just a weird way to say and spell imagine. And to them, that’s what my kid’s name is – a freaky, tryndee version of the word ‘imagine’. Screw it if people aren’t in the know!

So, as a result, I say, go Macsen!

By: Corinne

Corinne — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:03:40 +0000

Wait, Macsen’s a real name? Could’ve fooled me! It doesn’t look like a real name, more like a tryndee misspelling of something (maybe Mason, like Bek said). It sounds too muck like Jackson and not enough like Max that it will always be mistaken for Jackson. And that spelling is gonna be a pain in the tush for that poor boy.
I definitely agree with you, Verity. If one half likes names on the tryndee-er end of the spectrum and the other half likes names with serious history, Macsen could be a good compromise. On paper. I still don’t like it in real life.