Anonymous
Post 08/29/2023 01:17     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?
Beau
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2023 01:16     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?
Manly
Carleton
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2023 01:11     Subject: Re:Most pretentious name you've heard?
Anonymous wrote:Mercedes. Who names their kid that????


My brother's ex girlfriend.
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2023 01:08     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?
Benson
Thurston
Jefferson
Bartholomew
Vernon
Jethro
Anonymous
Post 08/28/2023 22:53     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?
Wells---unless this is your maiden name or a family name, it's overdone. Same with Walker, Pippa, Poppy
Anonymous
Post 08/28/2023 22:25     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?
Savior
Anonymous
Post 08/28/2023 22:21     Subject: Re:Most pretentious name you've heard?
Mercedes, is a traditional Latino name . A familial name. Nothing pretentious or weird .
Anonymous
Post 08/28/2023 21:42     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?
Ambrose
Araminta
Barnaby
Bellamy
Calloway
Fitzgerald
Peregrine
Poppy
Theodosia
Zenobia
Anonymous
Post 08/28/2023 21:28     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?
Garrison. A female
Anonymous
Post 08/28/2023 18:01     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?
Jacqueline pronounced Zsha-clean. She was definitely not French and I called her Jackie.
Anonymous
Post 08/27/2023 14:20     Subject: Re:Most pretentious name you've heard?
See, and I think the most pretentious name is any name the parents follow up with "it's a family name." The more posh and/or obscure, the more pretentious this is, but you can make any name pretentious by adding those four words.

"Frank. It's a family name."

"Olivia. It's a family name."

"Jed. It's a family name."

And so on. Nothing wrong with using a family name, but advertising this is pretentious.
Anonymous
Post 08/27/2023 14:04     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?
Bentley/Bentlie
Beckham
Lexus
Wilder
Winthrop
Wolf/Bear
Elle
Alix (pronounced Aleex) as nickname for an Alexandra (family is American, mom is obsessed with European/British royalty)

Any place name - Brooklyn, Paris, etc.

I'll give people a pass if it is a legit family name, but if it is just parents picking a name trying to be unique or because some celebrity used it or it sounds "high class," that's pretentious.

Anonymous
Post 08/27/2023 13:57     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?
^ vein
Anonymous
Post 08/27/2023 13:55     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?
Anonymous wrote:God and Jesus are pretty bold names for kids.


In the same vain, my sister told me about a kid named Jihad.
Anonymous
Post 08/27/2023 13:42     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?
Anonymous wrote:Barron
Ulysses
Salinger
Juliet
Guinevere
Ashleigh/Lynleigh/Brynleigh


Agree with all of these except Ashleigh/Lynleigh/Brynleigh, which don't sound pretentious -- they sound like this embarrassing trashy Utah names.

The rest, though, yes. Especially Salinger and Guinevere.