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Anonymous wrote:Teddy is fine. Theodore and Theo are pretentious.

No way! Teddy is at the country club wearing boat shoes with a sweater draped over his shoulders. Theo is the coolest Huxtable.

I think of Teddy Pendergrass. Now I guess my bias is showing.

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Anonymous wrote:Eleanor

(I seriously hate this name. Everyone thinks it makes them sound educated. It doesn’t.)

This is my name and I was born in 1984, so well before any trends. Please don’t hate my name! I always liked that it was original. Of course it’s not original anymore, but I hate that it has a pretentious vibe now

It is not pretentious! And yes, it's become very popular for kids recently, but I love that you got it back in '84. I had a close high school friend (born in 1979) who was an Eleanor/Ellie, and I always found her name elegant, not pretentious.

I’m the mama of an Eleanor. We named her for a number of remarkable people, one of whom was an ‘86 Eleanor. I don’t think it has a pretentious vibe, I think it’s a classic (albeit I’m biased).

I'm Eleanor of Aquitaine's great great great etc grandkid. Can I name my kid after Granny?

Anonymous wrote:Allistair
Tristan

My father's name is Alastair, and he's just Scottish.

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Anonymous wrote:Any girl with the middle name James

Any girl with the first name James

This was definitely the case about 10 years ago but it’s definitely become common with Mormon mommy bloggers and IG momfluencers so I don’t think it’s as pretentious anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:Eleanor

(I seriously hate this name. Everyone thinks it makes them sound educated. It doesn’t.)

This is my name and I was born in 1984, so well before any trends. Please don’t hate my name! I always liked that it was original. Of course it’s not original anymore, but I hate that it has a pretentious vibe now

It is not pretentious! And yes, it's become very popular for kids recently, but I love that you got it back in '84. I had a close high school friend (born in 1979) who was an Eleanor/Ellie, and I always found her name elegant, not pretentious.

I’m the mama of an Eleanor. We named her for a number of remarkable people, one of whom was an ‘86 Eleanor. I don’t think it has a pretentious vibe, I think it’s a classic (albeit I’m biased).

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Anonymous wrote:Boys names for girls... Campbell, Collins, Stuart

+1! Obnoxious

Haha, I adore these names. And lots of other boy names for girls, like Brooks, James, Schuyler, Michael, Fielding, Parker, Sayer, Conway, etc. Love them all, almost makes me wish I was having a girl!

I'm cringing so hard my face hurts.

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Anonymous wrote:Lady __________ (As a name, not the title)
Jermajesty

Yes! A family near us calls their toddler Lady E______. It's suffocating.

Like all the time? That sounds... insane. We sometimes play queen with our little girl in which we pretend she's the queen and she gives us commands. But it's a game, a way for her to work out her natural desire to be imperious. When it's over, we call her by her regular name.

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Anonymous wrote:Lady __________ (As a name, not the title)
Jermajesty

Yes! A family near us calls their toddler Lady E______. It's suffocating.

Here we go with the racism.

Anonymous wrote:Lady __________ (As a name, not the title)
Jermajesty

Yes! A family near us calls their toddler Lady E______. It's suffocating.

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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.

Funny, to me it’s very Catholic working-class, but that just shows my own bias.

I'm with you on that. I also think of it as a Catholic working-class thing.

The difference between Catholic working class double names and “I’m better than you” double names is that the former are made up of two first names that honor saints, and the latter are made up of a classic first name plus an old family last name, lest anyone forget their provenance.

Examples? Please and thank you.

Lemme think... I live in the southern part of Virginia, so I might see names harkening back to prominent Virginia families of long ago: Mary Carter or Anne Randolph. And woe to the person who mistakenly refers to them as just “Mary” or “Anne”.

Interesting. I wouldn’t have guessed that those were double names.

Anonymous wrote:Any girl with the middle name James

Any girl with the first name James

Anonymous wrote:Astrid
Brock
Trey when used as nn for "III"

The only acceptable use of Trey is as a nickname for III. Naming your kid Trey as an actual name is ridiculous. (I have the same opinion about Quint. Why not do Septimus, while you're at it?)

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Anonymous wrote:Claudia
Stephanie
Tiffany

Tiffany is a moniker for a pole dancer.

You would know.

Astrid
Brock
Trey when used as nn for "III"