Anonymous
Post 12/31/2014 01:33     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?
Sir

Yes, a co-worker named her son Sir. She thought it was great that his teachers would have to call him "sir", like it would mean the teachers were respecting him.

We other co-workers joked that if she ever had a daughter, she would probably name her ma'am.
Anonymous
Post 12/31/2014 01:16     Subject: Re:Most pretentious name you've heard?
Okay Mercedes being common so anise name has been mentioned. For 1/2 this thread . I think the message was received
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2014 20:05     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?
I'll agree that Mercedes is totally normal if you are Latina. If not, it just seems a little strange.

Atticus actually appeals to me, just because it seems easy to pronounce and not that different from more common boys names. It seems a little odd for a middle name, but that's just because I don't generally like very complex or long middle names (unless the first name is very common and simple, like John).
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2014 15:01     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?
Oh these poor children...
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2014 09:50     Subject: Re:Most pretentious name you've heard?
Anonymous wrote:Mercedes. Who names their kid that????


Mexicans?

-signed a Mercedes with Mexican parents
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2014 18:04     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?
Charleton
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2014 18:01     Subject: Re:Most pretentious name you've heard?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Rhys. Pronounced "Reece."
Self-admitted Anglophiles.


In that case, uninformed self-admitted Anglophiles. Rhys is a Welsh name.


Meh. Close enough.


Try saying that to a Welshman. They wouldn't take kindly to that view.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2014 17:54     Subject: Re:Most pretentious name you've heard?
Anonymous wrote:Rhys. Pronounced "Reece."
Self-admitted Anglophiles.


If they are Anglophiles they have chosen the wrong name. It's a Welsh name. Nothing pretentious about it at all.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2014 11:02     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?
Anonymous wrote:Rosebud and Magnolia. For reals


LOL about Rosebud! She was the cow you milked at the dairy where we went for school trips. You even got a pin that said "I milked Rosebud!"
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2014 10:56     Subject: Re:Most pretentious name you've heard?
What a bunch of judgmental meanies.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2014 10:48     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?
Trieste (after the city)

Waverley (though all I can think about is Joy Luck Club)
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2014 10:41     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?
Sebastian.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2014 10:31     Subject: Re:Most pretentious name you've heard?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Rhys. Pronounced "Reece."
Self-admitted Anglophiles.


In that case, uninformed self-admitted Anglophiles. Rhys is a Welsh name.


Meh. Close enough.


Not if you're English.


Fixed that for you.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2014 09:23     Subject: Re:Most pretentious name you've heard?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Rhys. Pronounced "Reece."
Self-admitted Anglophiles.


In that case, uninformed self-admitted Anglophiles. Rhys is a Welsh name.


Meh. Close enough.


Not if you're Welsh.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2014 08:43     Subject: Re:Most pretentious name you've heard?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Mercedes. Who names their kid that????



So I am confused. Is the name pretentious or a stripper name (from previous DCUM threads)???

Signed
A Mercedes


If you are anything other than Latina then it's stripper.



Then am I a pretentious stripper.