Most pretentious name you've heard?

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Anonymous wrote:A brief skim through this thread shows that most of you have no idea what "pretentious" means.

Ridiculous does not equal pretentious.
Generic, Christian names do not equal pretentious.

Pretentious is "expressive of affected, unwarranted, or exaggerated importance, worth, or stature."

You're welcome.

Like the name Penny ?

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Reign

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Anonymous wrote:Mercedes

Only pretentious if her brother is named Benz.

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Briggs

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Anonymous wrote:I used to work with a woman named Hope Diamond.

And no, I didn’t work at a strip club.

Brings up the pretentious name: Gentleman's Club

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Anonymous wrote:Mercedes

?? This is a common Spanish woman’s name.

Yep, the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary is "Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes" or "Maria de las Mercedes." The name has been around since the 1200s.

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Little boy named Talmadge. Assuming it was a family name? Also Tamesin.

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Preston
Thurston
Atticus

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Anonymous wrote:The most upper class names are classic, mostly christian, and boring. Just look through the history books or at royalty.

Girls:
Anne, Elizabeth, Sarah, Sophia, Catherine, Amelia, Charlotte, Isla, Mary, Victoria, Alexandra

Boys:
Phillip, Charles, William, James, Edward, Henry, George, David, Andrew, Arthur, Richard, John

Don’t think isla really goes on that list

She's trying to slip in DD's name and claim UC.

Yep, you caught me! I did a search for all the upper class pretentious names I could find and landed on Isla.... BTW I have boys and Isa is especially unhappy with his name.

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Anonymous wrote:Paddington and Hermione

Huh? someone who loves english kid lit. Not what I think of as pretentious esp since both characters are of modest background.

Yes, I'm tickled by the idea that it's pretentious to name a child after a small bear in a duffel coat, named after a London train station, who regularly covers himself with jam.

I don't think paddington is pretentious, but I do think its a bit silly. Go bigger -- Heathrow or Schipol.

OMG Heathrow would be the BEST! Please please let's start a trend of international airport babynames. That would be a new front in tweeness/pretentiousness.

I can see an O'Hare, a Heathrow, Hartsfield, and .... wait for it ... IDLEWILD. I will pay $1000 to anyone who names their child Idlewild. It is just so PERFECT.

Heathrow is better than choosing Dulles!

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Russell

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Anonymous wrote:Thessaly. My pretentious asshat of an ex named his daughter that.

That actually sounds really pretty!

Thessaly is pretty. Especially if you’re greek

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Mercedes is a fairly common Spanish name, We always have several in our school

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I am on vacation and met Everest and Aspen.

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Anonymous wrote:Paddington and Hermione

Huh? someone who loves english kid lit. Not what I think of as pretentious esp since both characters are of modest background.

Yes, I'm tickled by the idea that it's pretentious to name a child after a small bear in a duffel coat, named after a London train station, who regularly covers himself with jam.

I don't think paddington is pretentious, but I do think its a bit silly. Go bigger -- Heathrow or Schipol.

OMG Heathrow would be the BEST! Please please let's start a trend of international airport babynames. That would be a new front in tweeness/pretentiousness.

I can see an O'Hare, a Heathrow, Hartsfield, and .... wait for it ... IDLEWILD. I will pay $1000 to anyone who names their child Idlewild. It is just so PERFECT.

Heathrow is better than choosing Dulles!

Hahaha. When my BFF was pregnant and throwing out names (over the phone years ago) I kept clarifying them:

Her: Fulton?
Me: Like the ATL airport?
Her: Mason?
Me: Like the jar?
Her: Colby?
Me: Like the cheese?

She finally went with Andrew. (He's in his mid 20s now)