I don't think it's pretentious or over the top at all. It's a nice name, and I'd use it in a heartbeat if my cousin didn't have a son named
Max.
There are a lot of nickname possibilities as well -
Max being the easiest one.
Monsters are real, and ghost are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win
- Stephen King
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