Most pretentious name you've heard?
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Anonymous
Agree with all of these except Ashleigh/Lynleigh/Brynleigh, which don't sound pretentious -- they sound like this embarrassing trashy Utah names. The rest, though, yes. Especially Salinger and Guinevere. |
Anonymous
In the same vain, my sister told me about a kid named Jihad. |
Anonymous
| ^ vein |
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Bentley/Bentlie
Beckham Lexus Wilder Winthrop Wolf/Bear Elle Alix (pronounced Aleex) as nickname for an Alexandra (family is American, mom is obsessed with European/British royalty) Any place name - Brooklyn, Paris, etc. I'll give people a pass if it is a legit family name, but if it is just parents picking a name trying to be unique or because some celebrity used it or it sounds "high class," that's pretentious. |
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See, and I think the most pretentious name is any name the parents follow up with "it's a family name." The more posh and/or obscure, the more pretentious this is, but you can make any name pretentious by adding those four words.
"Frank. It's a family name." "Olivia. It's a family name." "Jed. It's a family name." And so on. Nothing wrong with using a family name, but advertising this is pretentious. |
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| Jacqueline pronounced Zsha-clean. She was definitely not French and I called her Jackie. |
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Garrison. A female
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Ambrose
Araminta Barnaby Bellamy Calloway Fitzgerald Peregrine Poppy Theodosia Zenobia |
Anonymous
| Mercedes, is a traditional Latino name . A familial name. Nothing pretentious or weird . |
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| Savior |
Anonymous
| Wells---unless this is your maiden name or a family name, it's overdone. Same with Walker, Pippa, Poppy |
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Benson
Thurston Jefferson Bartholomew Vernon Jethro |
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My brother's ex girlfriend. |
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Manly
Carleton |
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| Beau |