Anonymous wrote: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.
+1 Especially if it's an extra-regular names like James or John. Everybody has those in their family.