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Anonymous wrote:Mercedes

Not pretentious if Latina.

She was the love interest in the Count of Monte Cristo

That's always my first thought when I hear that name. It's one of my favorite novels and love the ending.

Anonymous wrote:Thessaly. My pretentious asshat of an ex named his daughter that.

That actually sounds really pretty!

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Anonymous wrote:Augustus

I actually love this. If I didn't already have Julius, I might be lobbying for it this time around.

Me, too.

Anonymous wrote:Well I know a family who just had a new DD. Her name is sounds very similar to Hollins Olivia (don't want to post it here because it's very specific). And although the first name is pretentious I kind of like it. But what I REALLY hate is that after each FB post they hashtag #hollinsolivia. #hollinsolivia this and #hollinsolivea that. Maybe it bugs me because this woman always tries to portray the perfect life. Sets up vignettes on her birthday of a Tiffany bag, perfect dinner and a glass of champagne. Took going home from the hospital pictures of her in a dress, heals, large costume jewelry and full hair and makeup. So this tied together with all of the other pretentious crap really rubs me the wrong way. If I see it one more time I'm going to scream.

Collins Bolivia?

Well I know a family who just had a new DD. Her name is sounds very similar to Hollins Olivia (don't want to post it here because it's very specific). And although the first name is pretentious I kind of like it. But what I REALLY hate is that after each FB post they hashtag #hollinsolivia. #hollinsolivia this and #hollinsolivea that. Maybe it bugs me because this woman always tries to portray the perfect life. Sets up vignettes on her birthday of a Tiffany bag, perfect dinner and a glass of champagne. Took going home from the hospital pictures of her in a dress, heals, large costume jewelry and full hair and makeup. So this tied together with all of the other pretentious crap really rubs me the wrong way. If I see it one more time I'm going to scream.

Anonymous wrote:I think there are a lot of great winners in here, but I have to agree that D'artagnan is first among equals.

I am not really of Spanish heritage, but my (very anglo, US born) family lived in Spain and all over Latin America. My mother was born in Havana and a lot of spanish permeated our lives (my aunt has a latin name). I have loved the name Mercedes for a long time and really wanted to use that for a girl, at least as a middle name. But I know the car association is too strong, especially as we are clearly of anglo/german extraction.

Here's my question: what's the take on Atticus as a boy's middle name? Clearly a reference to To Kill a Mockingbird...is it too pretentious? First name is pretty "generic" and tame.

My in-laws named their son Atticus. They are pretentious as shit. So I think it's pretty pretentious as a first name, but I think all bets are off for middle names. That's where you go crazy if you want to.

Beckham and Kerrington.

Anonymous wrote:Met a Phaedra this week. Cannot decide if it is pretentious or not

No, it's not. It's ill-fortuned (Phaedra had the hots for her stepson, and it ended badly), but it's not pretentious. What would the name be pretending to?

I know a girl named Princess.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a friend whose middle name is Aloysius (pronounced al-oh-ish-us) Took us 15 years to find out what the A stands for.

It's Theo Huxtable's middle name.

Aloysius is a Catholic name for St. Aloysius Gonzaga. Also the name of Lord Sebastian Flyte's Teddy Bear in Evelyn Waugh's "Brideshead Revisited".

It's also the given name of Snuffy from Sesame Street.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a friend whose middle name is Aloysius (pronounced al-oh-ish-us) Took us 15 years to find out what the A stands for.

It's Theo Huxtable's middle name.

Aloysius is a Catholic name for St. Aloysius Gonzaga. Also the name of Lord Sebastian Flyte's Teddy Bear in Evelyn Waugh's "Brideshead Revisited".

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Anonymous wrote:I know a child whose first name is Sir ______. (Don't know why I bothered to leave the second part blank, how many can there be?) It's funny how after long enough, I've gotten used to calling a little child "Sir"!

This takes the cake. I'm assuming you're not a troll.

Along the same lines, I went to college with a Ladye Rachel.

Anonymous wrote:Tarquin. Seen on a Sky documentary about Harrow School. I looked this name up, since I'd never heard it before, and apparently it's a British name so poncy and posh that it's essentially a caricature name. None of the British posters discussing the show could believe someone had actually named their child that.

I knew a Tarquin who was a Brit but not pretentious but never met his parents. Actually thought about naming a boy that because I thought the name was so rare and the boy was so cool............. ended up with Quentin (family name) much cooler

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