Names that scream “I’m better than you!”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP- non standard pronunciations.

Thought of more; pretentious nicknames for young children

Examples; Elizabeth nicknamed Betty (for a kindergartener), Kitty for Katherine, Hank for Henry,Dottie for Dorothy. Ugly-chic and try hard.

My Dottie-for-Dorothy mom from a working class family would die laughing to hear that’s it’s pretentious and try-hard.

[Anonymous]

Annaliese
Arabella
Sloane

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP- non standard pronunciations.

Thought of more; pretentious nicknames for young children

Examples; Elizabeth nicknamed Betty (for a kindergartener), Kitty for Katherine, Hank for Henry,Dottie for Dorothy. Ugly-chic and try hard.

My Dottie-for-Dorothy mom from a working class family would die laughing to hear that’s it’s pretentious and try-hard.

Lol yeah Dottie sounds a lot of retro and a little working class. Pretentious it is not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP- non standard pronunciations.

Thought of more; pretentious nicknames for young children

Examples; Elizabeth nicknamed Betty (for a kindergartener), Kitty for Katherine, Hank for Henry,Dottie for Dorothy. Ugly-chic and try hard.

My Dottie-for-Dorothy mom from a working class family would die laughing to hear that’s it’s pretentious and try-hard.

Lol yeah Dottie sounds a lot of retro and a little working class. Pretentious it is not.

(Not to say I don’t like it, I’m a Dorothy and when people randomly call me Dottie I think it’s cute)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP- non standard pronunciations.

Thought of more; pretentious nicknames for young children

Examples; Elizabeth nicknamed Betty (for a kindergartener), Kitty for Katherine, Hank for Henry,Dottie for Dorothy. Ugly-chic and try hard.

My Dottie-for-Dorothy mom from a working class family would die laughing to hear that’s it’s pretentious and try-hard.

Yes! Any one watch the Miss Fisher mystery series. Dottie is the name of the servant...

[Anonymous]

Greer (I hate this one with a passion)
Kyle (for a girl)
Huxley

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Claudia
Stephanie
Tiffany

Um...

Yeah, no.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, names are just names. What screams “I’m better than you!” Are parents who think they are better than you because of their child’s name, a weird subjective competition that has never made any sense to me.

Someone once said (behind my back) that my DS’s name was “f***ing basic.” Imagine talking about a newborn (or his parents!) that way.

A lot of people are deeply insecure and will reach for anything to feel superior.

(Also, my son’s name is Henry, since I know people will ask. I know it’s simple and popular right now, I don’t care, and he’s a goddamn delight, thank you very much)

This is the part where you have to tell us the asshole’s kids’ names.

I’m curious too.

Well, unlike that asshole, I don’t make fun of small children. I will tell you that they are both “family names” and that whenever anyone asks about them she says “oh, it’s actually a faaaaaamily name” like she’s related to the Queen of England or something.

She sucks.

In some areas of the US, that’s a cultural tradition. Especially among MC AAs. I dated a Vaughn and went to grad school with a Brooks. Both were the first boy in two generations on the maternal side. Trust me, they are not thinking about you being impressed, they just don’t want the name to die out in the next generation.

Which is kind of hilarious because... what are they, royalty?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Claudia
Stephanie
Tiffany

Um, no.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, names are just names. What screams “I’m better than you!” Are parents who think they are better than you because of their child’s name, a weird subjective competition that has never made any sense to me.

Someone once said (behind my back) that my DS’s name was “f***ing basic.” Imagine talking about a newborn (or his parents!) that way.

A lot of people are deeply insecure and will reach for anything to feel superior.

(Also, my son’s name is Henry, since I know people will ask. I know it’s simple and popular right now, I don’t care, and he’s a goddamn delight, thank you very much)

This is the part where you have to tell us the asshole’s kids’ names.

I’m curious too.

Well, unlike that asshole, I don’t make fun of small children. I will tell you that they are both “family names” and that whenever anyone asks about them she says “oh, it’s actually a faaaaaamily name” like she’s related to the Queen of England or something.

She sucks.

In some areas of the US, that’s a cultural tradition. Especially among MC AAs. I dated a Vaughn and went to grad school with a Brooks. Both were the first boy in two generations on the maternal side. Trust me, they are not thinking about you being impressed, they just don’t want the name to die out in the next generation.

Original PP here. I have zero issues with people using family names and think it’s a wonderful way to honor a loved one. My sister named my niece after our grandmother and I love it. My own children have my name as their middle. Love a family name.

What I don’t like is a person who trashed my son’s name when she hears it fir the first time, and then goes around explaining that her kids names are somehow better because they are family names. Rude.

As o said in my original post, names are just names. It’s people who are pretentious, not names and not their children. You don’t get a stuck up kid by naming him Beauregard (Beaux! Someone bring it back!). You get a stuck up kid by being a snooty jerk and teaching your kid to be one too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Double names for girls.

I have a double name. Hyphenated. I didn't choose it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Double names for girls.

I have a double name. Hyphenated. I didn't choose it.

Well, nobody chooses their name. And people with double names aren’t bad. But it can sometimes (not always) be very much a class signifier for the parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Arabella

Why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any name with a non-standard pronunciation that isn’t intuitive;

-Andrea said like On-DREE-uh

-Lauren = “La WREN”

Jamie = Jah-MEE

Agree. Adding:

Jacqueline: Jah-k-leeen

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arabella

Why?

Not the PP, but I sort of feel like names of 4 syllables are asking a lot of people who have to say it out loud.