Most pretentious name you've heard?

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Smith

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Margaux (they are not French; they like the wine)

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Smythe is even more pretentious!

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Constance

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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 ?

Is Penny pretentious? Right now Penelope nn Penny is at the top of our list (after an old family friend of mine who was like a grandmother to me when I was a girl). It feels like a good mix since Penelope is more formal and could be used professionally later in life but Penny feels bright and unassuming to us, the opposite of pretentious.

Just surprised to see it mentioned in this thread and wondering why!

Kardashians

They have a Penelope, but I don't think they call her Penny.

Penelope has become popular enough that I think it's weird to associate with the Kardashians at this point, though. It's like if they'd named a kid Chloe or Violet (similarly ranked names). Those aren't pretentious either.

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Stevens
Splendora

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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 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?

Agreed, I know a Preston who goes by “Bubba”

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Anonymous wrote:Sibling set of Berkeley, Banks and Wellington

Do they handle criminal cases in Georgia?

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Princess

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God and Jesus are pretty bold names for kids.

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Skya. Pretentious name, from a pretentious mother. No surprise the kid has turned into an entitled teenaged brat.

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Maxwell

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Pushkin

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River

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Anonymous wrote:Russell

What is pretentious about that? I know a number of people with that name born in the 1930s-1960s.

It’s an old golf dude name.

That's ironic; to me it's a bit low brow.