Maverick Name Meaning & Origin
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Mav, Rick
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- Nicknames for Maverick
Rick, Mav, Mack, MavMan , Avi, Mick, Pete Mitchell, Ricky, Mavie, Mickey
- Meanings and history of the name Maverick
A 19th century Texas rancher with the surname of 'Maverick' refused to brand his calves. The name has since been used to describe an "independent" person or way of thinking.
It's not simply following a minority way of thinking, it's being different and unique entirely and not following the general view of things if it isn't something you believe in.
Maverick - means unbranded calf
Maverick -- also means "rebel"
- Famous real-life people named Maverick
A 17-year old named Samuel Maverick was killed in the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770. This was the trigger event for the American Revolutionary War. Maverick Square in Boston is named for him.
One Samuel Augustus Maverick (1803-1870), was a Texas rancher, legislator and a signer of the 1836 Texas Declaration of Independence.
Maverick Reed McKinney, son of Taylor McKinney & Maci Bookout on Teen Mom.
Maverick Burnett - Bassist of Australian band Forever Ends Here.
Maverick Baker (b. 2000)- Tiktok star and pop singer
- Maverick in song, story & screen
LT Pete "Maverick" Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is the hero of the 1986 film "Top Gun"
Brothers Bret and Bart Maverick from the '50s-'60s tv Western "Maverick"
Titular character from the Mel Gibson Western "Maverick"