Gender: M
Origin: American
Meaning: "independent, nonconformist"
Popularity in 2008: #511
At the rate it's growing, Maverick soon won't seem like such a maverick anymore. Heard first in a 1950s James Garner western TV series, and then as the Tom Cruise character in Top Gun, Maverick symbolizes an unfettered, free spirit.
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