Madd About Maxx

I'm not a sports fan but recent 📰news about NFL 🏈football player 📛Maxx Crosby made me do a double 👀👀 take — due to the two '✖✖'s in his name. 

How did Crosby gain an extra 'x' in Maxx? A bio tells the origin of, "Crosby's first name is indicative of just how big he was at birth. He weighed in at 11 pounds, 9 ounces at birth. His mom had already decided on a name for him. He was to be Max. And with his XXL birth size, she made him a Maxx."

That is such a great 📛name 📖story. 🤗 I was never aware that there were Maxs with two 'xx's in their names until now. 🤯 📛Maxx is a variation of 📛Max. Max derives from "the formal" 📛Maximilian" — which comes from 📛Maximus: a "Roman family name that was derived from Latin maximus 'greatest.'" Max's rank is pretty great at #175 in the US Top 1000. 📛Nameberry🍒 warns: Max has long been among the most popular dog names (Max is #4 for boy💙 dogs🐶)." Max also "coincides with the informal word max, short for maximum." 

I love 😍 the name 📛Maxx. Now, 📛Max the original is a nice enough, cool 😎 little name (I've always liked the longer 📛Maximilian / 📛Maximillian / 📛Maximillion 💰 however) but — the two '✖✖'s are definitely what make Maxx more magnanimous and yes — greater. 🏅 

⭐FAMOUS & 📝NOTEWORTHY 📛MAXXS:

📛Maxx Hamilton (💙son of Olympic skater Scott Hamilton)

📛Maxx Williams 🏈 (former NFL football player)

📛Maxx Danziger 🎶🥁 (drummer in band Set It Off)

📛Maxx Morando 🎶🥁 (drummer in band Liily & 💍fiancé of 🎤singer Miley Cyrus)

📛Marco "Maxx Paradox" Ciro Pastore 🎤 (singer)

♀️Female Version of 📛MAXX:

📛Maxxine 

💭I didn't know a Maxxine with two ✖✖'s existed! 😮 But I love 😍 it! Maxxine a bit more extra & risque than the original, sophisticated Maxine — which makes it all the more appealing to me. 👌🏾 

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Maxx: 👍 OR 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙/10

NAME OF THE DAY: Venus

Happy 💌Valentine's Day Today is the holiday of 💞love so I will be discussing the name of a goddess who represents love: 📛💘Venus 

💘Venus in Roman mythology (in Greek mythology she is known as 💘Aphrodite) is the goddess of love, beauty and desire. 💘Venus 🔈we.nusmeans "love, sexual desire" in Latin—  and the second planet from the sun  is named after her.

📛Nameberry🍒 deems 💘Venus an "intimidating no-no" name until 🎾tennis player 💘Venus Williams popularized it, putting "an athletic, modern spin" on the lovely name. 💘Venus currently ranks #956 in the US Top 1000. 

📍California  is fittingly the state where the most women named 💘Venus reside. 

I love 😍 the name 📛💘Venus and I've actually known a 💘Venus (a beautiful friend 🥰 inside & out 👌🏾) since kindergarten. I'm surprised 💘Venus isn't more of a 📈 rising name 📛 — at least in recent years. Hopefully 💘Venus starts to somehow ⬆ chart again on the 📛 name 📊 charts. As classic  and stunning 💖 of a name 💘Venus is — I feel it's only a matter of time ⌛ before more new parents fall in love 🥰 with it to 📛name their 💗daughter. 

⭐FAMOUS & 📝NOTEWORTHY 📛💘VENUSES:

📛💘Venus DeMilo Thomas 🎥 (director)

📛💘Venus Terzo 🎥 (actress)

📛💘Venus 🗯 (Marvel comic book character)

📌STATS ON THE NAME 📛💘Venus:

https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/V/VE/VENUS/index.html

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛💘Venus: 👍  OR 💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘/10

 

TV CHARACTER NAME OF INTEREST: Allura

📛Allura is the 👄alluring name, played alluringly by Kim Kardashian on the ⚖ legal 📺tv show All's (get it?) Fair.

Behind the Name says Allura is based on the English word 'allure' which means: something that has appeal (i.e. sex appeal). 

Nameberry says Allura is of French origin that means "to entice, attract." The name site's commentary of Allura is: "sounds like a princess or an enticingly evil witch in a fairytale." 👑Allura is in fact a princess, from the 🖋animation Voltron: Legendary Defender. Alluras are mostly found living on Earth, in 📍Oregon or 📍Montana however. 

Other forms of Allura include: 📛Alura, 📛Allora, 📛Alora, 📛Alaura and 📛Allaura. 

At first I thought Allura was a made up name because I never heard of it before. 🤔 I have heard of the word 'Allora 'which is a variation of Allura and actually is an  Italian word (and my favorite word 🤓 in Italian actually). 

So in other words, I love the name 📛Allura! 😍 I think it's so pretty, I love its meaning – how it looks and 🔊sounds. I'm surprised Allura isn't currently on any 📈 rising / 🦄 unique 📛 name 📊 charts in popularity – but with it being introduced into pop culture with All's Fair perhaps that will change. 🤞🏾 

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Allura: 👍 OR 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗/10

📰📛Allura made it onto the ☔IRN📛 🏆 The Best & Worst 👎👎 📛Names of 2025 📃list!:

https://itsrainingnames.blogspot.com/2025/12/its-raining-names-best-worst-names-of.html

NAME OF THE DAY: Candy

Today is National 🍭Candy Day, so I will talk about the cute name: 📛🍬Candy!

The name 🍬Candy is a "Diminutive of Candace. It is also influenced by the English word candy," Behind the Name explains. Variants include: 📛Candie 📛Candee 📛Candi 📛Kandi 📛Kandee and 📛Kandy. 🍬Candy is also a surname.

Nameberry says 🍬Candy's origin means: "white, pure, sincere" and that is is "too sugary sweet and inconsequential for a modern girl." 

📍California, 📍Maine and 📍Texas are the states where the most girls and women named 🍬Candy reside. 

Interestingly, I can see a little girl easily having the innocent name 🍬Candy. 👧 But for a woman, I would assume it's a nickname or alias... 😉 (📛🍬Candy made #8 on a 📃list of 'Most Popular Stripper 💃 Names')

Nevertheless, I like the name 📛🍬Candy — what else can be said but that it's truly a very sweet name. 🥰 

⭐FAMOUS & 📝NOTEWORTHY 📛🍬CANDYS:

📛🍬Candy Spelling (mother of t.v. actress Tori Spelling)

📛🍬"Candy" Carson [born Lacena] (wife of ex politician Ben Carson)

📛🍬"Candy" Clark [born Candace] 🎥 (actress) 

📌STATS ON THE NAME 📛🍬Candy:

https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/C/CA/CANDY/index.html

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛🍬Candy: 👍 OR 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗/10

NAME OF THE DAY: Monroe

Today is the anniversary of the beloved Marilyn Monroe's death (RIP). Therefore, I will speak on having as a first name, her 🌟 great last name: 📛Monroe 

Monroe (wasn't Marilyn's real last name nor was Marilyn her real first name FYI) is a Scottish surname meaning 'from the mouth of the Roe' — a river in Ireland.     

"Marilyn Monroe is a famous female namesake, but her smart Scottish surname feels equally usable for either sex," Nameberry says on thoughts of using Monroe as a first name for boys. Monroe actually is used as a boy's name 90% of the time, SSA data shows. I didn't know this. 🤯 I thought because of Marilyn's popularity it was used mainly as a feminine first name. 🤔

Singer Mariah Carey's twin daughter is named Monroe, after Marilyn Monroe. Carey shares in her memoir she, "wanted both of her kids to share her same initials so was searching for names that started with the letter "M." Monroe's name was ultimately inspired by actress and model Marilyn Monroe." Nameberry believes Carey's, "use of Monroe as a girls’ name did much to revive this Old Man name, a la Sydney, as a newly fashionable choice for girls." However, Monroe was surprisingly way down 🠗 at #571 on the Most Popular Baby names for girls 📉 in 2024. I really thought Monroe would at least be in the top 300. 🤔 The state where the most girls and women named Monroe live, can be found in Texas.   

I love 💗 the name 📛Monroe! Very briefly I had in mind to use Monroe as a middle name if I had a daughter because I'm a bit of a big Marilyn fan. 🤷🏾‍♀️ I love the name Monroe more when used mainly for a girl's name because I just automatically think Marilyn ✔ when I hear Monroe. I can't see Monroe used as a boy's name weirdly but of course it is still cool 😎 when used for a boy. 👌🏾  

⭐FAMOUS & 📝NOTEWORTHY 📛MONROES:

📛Monroe Capri Bryant 🎵 (TikTok content creator) 

📛Monroe Owsley 🎥 (actor)

📛Monroe Robertson 🎥 (actor)

📛Monroe Robinson 📘 (author)

📛Monroe Silver 🎥🎤😂 (actor / singer / comedian)

📛Monroe Martin III 😂 (comedian) 

📛Krystin "Rook Monroe" Watkins 🎤(musician)

📌STATS ON THE NAME 📛Monroe:

https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/M/MO/MONROE/index.html

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Monroe: 👍 OR 💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💙/10 

NAME OF THE DAY: Scarlett

With actress Scarlett Johansson's new movie Jurassic World Rebirth movie out, today I am discussing the fiery name: 🔥Scarlett    

📛Scarlett surprisingly is a surname originally. A Scarlett: "denoted a person who sold or made clothes made of scarlet, a kind of cloth, possibly derived from Persian سقرلاط (saqrelāṭ)."   

Scarlett Johansson's rise around 2003, is a reason for the rise of of Scarlett given to girls. As of 2024 it's the 27th most popular baby girl name. I'm kind of surprised it's almost in the top 20 list for girls. I thought the unique 'S' girl name that seems to be "everywhere": 📛Sierra, would outshine Scarlett. Sierra is #596 in popularity yet I've met a Sierra before but never a Scarlett. 🤔 California followed by North Carolina is where the most Scarletts reside. I assumed Georgia, as that is where Scarlett Johansson's namesake from the classic film Gone with the Wind was set in.        

I think of more than the color scarlet when I think of the name Scarlett. I think of someone whose very alluring... 😊 But Johansson and her sometimes suggestive movie roles are probably to thank for that. 👏🏾  

I'm a fan of the name 📛Scarlett. 👍🏾👍🏾 ✔I like color names, ✔'S' names and Scarlett is just perfect. 🔟 

 

⭐FAMOUS & 📝NOTEWORTHY 📛Scarletts:

📛Scarlett O'Hara 👩🏻 (fictional character in the book Gone with the Wind) 

📛Scarlett O'Connor 👱🏻‍♀️ (T.V. show character on Nashville) 

📛Scarlett St. Clair 📕 (author) 

📛Scarlett Harris ✍🏻 (writer)  

♂️Masculine Version of 📛Scarlett: 

📛Scar

💭I like the gender neutral form, Scar. It definitely sounds more masculine. It could be a cool name for a boy to have, if used especially because of association with the movie character, Scarface. 😎

📌👀Reddit 📛namenerds🤓 Community Thread: "Spelling help! Scarlet or Scarlett" ❓

https://www.reddit.com/r/namenerds/comments/8tec5x/spelling_help_scarlet_or_scarlett/

📌STATS ON THE NAME 📛Scarlett:

https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/S/SC/SCARLETT/index.html

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Scarlett: 👍 OR /10