Most pretentious name you've heard?

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Anonymous wrote:Lennon

I dated one who lived in a trailer park by the railroad tracks. As far from pretentious as you can get.

Good thing it's not "Lenin."

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Anonymous wrote:I think there are a lot of great winners in here, but I have to agree that D'artagnan is first among equals.

I am not really of Spanish heritage, but my (very anglo, US born) family lived in Spain and all over Latin America. My mother was born in Havana and a lot of spanish permeated our lives (my aunt has a latin name). I have loved the name Mercedes for a long time and really wanted to use that for a girl, at least as a middle name. But I know the car association is too strong, especially as we are clearly of anglo/german extraction.

Here's my question: what's the take on Atticus as a boy's middle name? Clearly a reference to To Kill a Mockingbird...is it too pretentious? First name is pretty "generic" and tame.

Atticus made it to top of my list twice but each time I felt the baby would end up hating it and maybe me.

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Anonymous wrote:I think there are a lot of great winners in here, but I have to agree that D'artagnan is first among equals.

I am not really of Spanish heritage, but my (very anglo, US born) family lived in Spain and all over Latin America. My mother was born in Havana and a lot of spanish permeated our lives (my aunt has a latin name). I have loved the name Mercedes for a long time and really wanted to use that for a girl, at least as a middle name. But I know the car association is too strong, especially as we are clearly of anglo/german extraction.

Here's my question: what's the take on Atticus as a boy's middle name? Clearly a reference to To Kill a Mockingbird...is it too pretentious? First name is pretty "generic" and tame.

Atticus made it to top of my list twice but each time I felt the baby would end up hating it and maybe me.

It's fine for a middle name.

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Caring yon

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Anonymous wrote:St John (pronounced stin-gin)
Philada

If they pronounced it Stin-gin, they were mispronouncing it. It's Sin-jin.

Also, are you sure it wasn't Phyllida?

PP here. You've correct, it's pronounced Sin Jin.

But they do spell it Philada. Father is a literature professor

This one takes the cake. Sin-jin indeed.
How do they pronounce Philada-- Fellata?

St. John (Sin-jin) is a pretty old British name. It might be pretentious, but "sin-jin" is the correct way to say it.

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Anonymous wrote:Preston

My grandfather's name. He was born in Arkansas in the 1910's. He had an 8th grade education and worked as a union tradesman. I'm not sure how this is pretentious.

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Anonymous wrote:Preston

My grandfather's name. He was born in Arkansas in the 1910's. He had an 8th grade education and worked as a union tradesman. I'm not sure how this is pretentious.

Because it seems most of DCUM denizens, in spite of their collective high minded education, get their ideas about what is pretentious or not from watching The Real Housewives of Whatever. And apparently, if you read and are inspired by the names of great literature, you are also pretentious. Best to stick with Emma and William.

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Anonymous wrote:Can we all agree that those who hashtag their kid's name are, by definition, pretentious?

I have a few aquaintances who do this. Annoying as hell.

Hell yes. So awful. +1000

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Anonymous wrote:A friend of mine who married into an old money country club family in another part of va did the normal first+pretentious middle ---> call kid pretentious middle name route. All her friends there have horribly pretentious names and nicknames. It probably goes along with the prentioud southern naming pattern, but really...barf.

What are the names?

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Anonymous wrote:A friend of mine who married into an old money country club family in another part of va did the normal first+pretentious middle ---> call kid pretentious middle name route. All her friends there have horribly pretentious names and nicknames. It probably goes along with the prentioud southern naming pattern, but really...barf.

What are the names?

I have my money on Tinleigh and Bentley

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i find the southern tradition of 2 first names quite pretentious and frankly, annoying.

Mary Beth
Sarah Jane
Margaret Rose

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alistor

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Anonymous wrote:Acheson (as a first name).

Gesundheit.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A friend of mine who married into an old money country club family in another part of va did the normal first+pretentious middle ---> call kid pretentious middle name route. All her friends there have horribly pretentious names and nicknames. It probably goes along with the prentioud southern naming pattern, but really...barf.

What are the names?

I thought the trend was a pretentious first name with a cutsey middle name and call them by the cutsey name. For example: Ainsley Coco or Preston Hank.

Am I wrong?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A friend of mine who married into an old money country club family in another part of va did the normal first+pretentious middle ---> call kid pretentious middle name route. All her friends there have horribly pretentious names and nicknames. It probably goes along with the prentioud southern naming pattern, but really...barf.

What are the names?

I have my money on Tinleigh and Bentley

Nope. I don't really want to say because they are way too identifiable.