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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

Dana: DAH-na instead of DAY-na

[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.

None of these nicknames are pretentious. All are working class. Some crossover on the class level. But none are pretentious in the least.

[Anonymous]

Thatcher for a bit. Ugly and pretentious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thatcher for a bit. Ugly and pretentious.

For a boy. Not a “bit.”

[Anonymous]

Kelsey
Taylor
Tyler
Raelynn
Loretta

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

Dana: DAH-na instead of DAY-na

My husband's name. And people constantly mispronounce it the first way. Even for a man.

[Anonymous]

Tobias

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

Dana: DAH-na instead of DAY-na

My husband's name. And people constantly mispronounce it the first way. Even for a man.

Yes, also my husband’s name. It particularly gets pronounced DAHN-ah by Spanish speakers, which makes sense. I’ve never met someone who actually pronounced it that way on purpose, but if I did I’d assume it was because their family spoke Spanish/French/Italian. I wouldn’t think it was pretentious.

[Anonymous]

Farnsworth

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Caroline

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arabella

Why?

Trump grandkid. Now it’s associated with a certain type...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Superiora

I'm pretty sure she is better than me.

[Anonymous]

Trump

[Anonymous]

Kennedy as a first name
Winslow
Huxley
Maximillian
Eugenie
Barron
Blake
Sloan
Last names that begin with "Van" or "Von"

[Anonymous]

Priscilla
Gretchen
Cassandra
Whit.
Chip
Thaddeus
Josh