Anonymous
Post 12/24/2014 19:17     Subject: Re:Most pretentious name you've heard?

D'artagnan
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2014 18:48     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?

Reynolds for a girl.
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2014 18:43     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?

Anonymous wrote:Edelweiss

"Edel" for short, sounds like Adele

Awful. I bet that kid really hates her name. And you know she hates the song, too.
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2014 18:23     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?

Edelweiss

"Edel" for short, sounds like Adele
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2014 17:02     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?

Anonymous wrote:Thaddeus.

blech
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2014 16:59     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?

Francois and Johann.
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2014 16:32     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?

Thaddeus.
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2014 16:15     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?

Sinclair
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2014 16:13     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?

Mercedes is Spanish for mercy. It's actually very common for Spaniards (or other Spanish speakers) to name children "words" that mean something religious.
I have a friend from Spain named Imnaculada (Immaculate--like immaculate conception).
Also I have a friend named Ascension, and I've known people named Concepcion, etc.
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2014 16:03     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?

Preston or Sterling for a boy

Annabella or almost anything ending in "bella" for a girl
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2014 15:40     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?

Anonymous wrote:Berkeley


Extra pretension points for saying it the British way!
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2014 15:16     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?

O'Neill (girl) Not a family name. Our former neighbors from back home.
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2014 15:09     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Augustus


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

Neither Augustus or Julius are pretentious unless you have a kid with each name. Throw in a third brother named Caesar and you win a prize.
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2014 15:05     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?

Berkeley
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2014 15:01     Subject: Most pretentious name you've heard?

Kingsley. My college roommate.