Anonymous
Post 08/15/2023 21:37     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Emerson, Beckett


I know a couple who have an Emerson (girl) and Beckett (boy).


There are THREE Emerson girls under 5 at church and I had 2 in my toddler room last week. We've got a Beckett also. And Peyton, Payton, Peyton. and Peyton. boys and girls.
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2023 21:28     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:caroline, alexandra, claudia


??? These seem like perfectly normal names to me.


Agree
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2023 21:26     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?
Wellington

Tarquin

Forbes

Talbot

(If not family names )

Trolius

Alexandra pronounced Alex-aundra

Margeaux

Sloane

(Many of you don't know what pretentious means. Nice try at being a snob though.)
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2023 20:53     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?
Anonymous wrote:Jesus


The men that I work with that are named Jesus are called Chewy as nicknames.
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2023 20:00     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?
Atticus
Gideon
Harper
^^^
I know far too many lawyer/activists with kids with those names. Pretentious. And: an unfair burden for your non-lawyer offspring (although Harper isn’t singularly linked to the legal profession).

Stone
Phillips (with an S)
Sloane
Bronwyn
Lawson
Pearl
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2023 19:58     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Twin brothers - Logan and LaGuardia

Embarrassing, yes; but not really pretentious.


Is it terrible that I actually love Logan and LaGuardia? I mean - naming your kid LaGuardia. (If it actually happened!)
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2023 19:56     Subject: Re:Most pretentious name you've heard?
Gideon
Bronson
Asher/Ascher

Sloane
Tinsley
Millicent (NOT Milly)



Anonymous
Post 08/15/2023 19:41     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Not pretentious but two people I tangentially know have named their babies Honey in the last 12 months. Awful name.

Blakesley is awfully pretentious and someone named their baby that.


I know a few Blakesley babies from my rural town.


Blakesley sounds very Honey Boo Boo to my ear.
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2023 19:39     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?
Atlas
Atticus

Anonymous
Post 08/15/2023 19:34     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?
Anonymous wrote:Not pretentious but two people I tangentially know have named their babies Honey in the last 12 months. Awful name.

Blakesley is awfully pretentious and someone named their baby that.


I know a few Blakesley babies from my rural town.
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2023 19:32     Subject: Re:Most pretentious name you've heard?
Thurston Howell III
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2023 16:59     Subject: Re:Most pretentious name you've heard?
Girls I know of who have pretentious names/pretentious families: Campbell, Berkeley, Landry, Amelie (not French), Simone (also not French), Mackenzie, Harper (those are obviously more common so don’t sound as pretentious anymore but still are in my opinion), Harlow

Boys: Russell, Whittier, Prentiss, Pierce, Henrik (not Scandinavian)
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2023 16:37     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?
Dagny. I just think of Ayn Rand and how the child is being raised to despise the plebes.
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2023 16:25     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?
Anonymous wrote:Twin brothers - Logan and LaGuardia

Embarrassing, yes; but not really pretentious.
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2023 16:15     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:caroline, alexandra, claudia


??? These seem like perfectly normal names to me.


+1. Then Lydia, Sophia, Abigail, and every other name are pretentious too.