Children’s names too pretentious?

[Anonymous]

Your acquaintance is a jerk for giving their opinion unless you asked for it. I think the names are fine, but if you call your Genevieve “Viv” often, you might want to give the new baby a different name than Vivienne so both kids feel unique.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Love Vivienne and it’s not pretentious. Vivi, Ginny and Sophie? Also what about Gabrielle? That would fit well too.

Not pretentious. But I would be upset if I were a Genevieve stuck with the nickname Ginny because my sister is taking Vi, or Vivi. Use it for the middle name and pick something else for first.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
You can’t babe your kids Viv and Vivienne. That’s insane.

(I like both names Individually so it has nothing to do with that. This would be the equivalent of having a John and Johnathan. It’s ridiculous.)

This. Find another name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not pretentious. Genevieve is just really harsh sounding. Vivienne and Sophia are not.

Genevieve is one of my ALL time favorite names. I love it. I also love Vivienne and Sophie. And Genevieve and Vivienne are not that close. G sound, V sound.

I would definitely go with Vivienne to round out the names.

No, no, no. Did you miss the part where OP said that they call their Genevieve Viv for short? You think she should have kids named Viv and Vivienne? That’s ridiculous.

OP, since you gave your oldest the nickname of Viv, you can’t name another child Vivienne. Doesn’t matter that you love the name Vivienne. Choose something else.

[Anonymous]

Phoebe

[Anonymous]

There is a reason why many gave French names for pretensions! How deep and far does the British culture indoctrinates!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think these are lovely names! I have an adult cousin named Vivienne and am glad to see it coming back a bit.

I think its WAY less pretentious/strivery to give your children nice, longer, formal-sounding given names than it is to randomly select other people's surnames as given names (Hadley, Addison, etc).

But then again I am torn between Priscilla and Gloria as my baby's middle name so I like fancy names!!

I think these are trashy names. Please don't name your kids either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think these are lovely names! I have an adult cousin named Vivienne and am glad to see it coming back a bit.

I think its WAY less pretentious/strivery to give your children nice, longer, formal-sounding given names than it is to randomly select other people's surnames as given names (Hadley, Addison, etc).

But then again I am torn between Priscilla and Gloria as my baby's middle name so I like fancy names!!

I think these are trashy names. Please don't name your kids either.

I love these names. Love.

[Anonymous]

^^ Hadley and Addison.

[Anonymous]

Even without the Viv nickname, Genevieve and Vivienne are too similar. You will trip yourself up constantly. I gave my kids similarly similar names and it was a mistake, their nicknames sound too similar and it makes them mad when I call one and the other responds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
You can’t babe your kids Viv and Vivienne. That’s insane.

(I like both names Individually so it has nothing to do with that. This would be the equivalent of having a John and Johnathan. It’s ridiculous.)

This. Find another name.

+100

[Anonymous]

Here are some French names that work well with Sophie and Genevieve/Viv:

Audrey
Amelia
Noelle
Mirabelle
Odette
Claire
Juliette

[Anonymous]

Not pretentious. Go for it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
You can’t babe your kids Viv and Vivienne. That’s insane.

(I like both names Individually so it has nothing to do with that. This would be the equivalent of having a John and Johnathan. It’s ridiculous.)

This. Find another name.

+100

+1000

Lots of French-ish names: Gabrielle, Simone, Charlotte, Juliette, Natalie, etc. But Viv and Vivienne is a terrible idea.

[Anonymous]

Stick with what you’ve picked and use GinGin for the nickname.