Baby Names
Pretentious girl names?
Which baby girl names sound pretentious to you?
Not trying to offend anyone, but these names ring slightly pretentious to me. (Of course, it really depends on the people / child):
Sloan
Blair
Charlotte
Isabel
What are some names that I haven't listed that you think sound pretentious?
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Re: Pretentious girl names?
I thought of some more:
Alexis / Alexandra
Tessa
Genevieve
I am MORTALLY offended that you think Charlotte is pretentious! It is a beautiful name full of classic imagery! How dare you insult such a PERFECT name for MY baby! .... ..
And DH is yelling at me to stop being sarcastic online....
Agree with Sloane. That name has bugged me since Ferris Bueller.
Veronica
Priscilla
Camilla
Aurora
Claudia
any of the Addison/Madison type names. Annoying and pretentious
Boys' names like Grover, Brooks, Clayton, Grayson - stuff that sounds like it came out of a snooty east coast prep school
Most surnames for boys - Keaton, Hudson, Jackson, Nelson, Harrison, Weston, Bronson, Kingston, Preston, Easton, Payton, Harding
And the name Jagger.
I agree with Genevieve.
Persephone
Gianna is a princess name?
Alessandra
Melania
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I think surnames on girls sound pretentious and very country club ish.
Girls with names like:
Palmer, Tucker, Grayson, etc.
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I agree with this. The names OP listed don't seem NEARLY as pretentious to me as long, flowery names like the above. I'd add Alexandra, Valencia, Georgiana, Juliana, Valentina (on my list, don't care), and Seraphina to that list.
Also, any name used to show off just how educated and cultured the parents are. European place names, obscure mythical characters, and little-known (but important) historical surnames come to mind.
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Hadley
Finley
Place names
I wouldnt say that any of those names sound pretentious. Sloan sounds dark and masculine to me but not pretentious.
Names like Francesca, Anastasia, Maximillian and Sebastian sound pretentious to me.
Don't feel too bad - all three of my DDs names have been listed: Arianna, Alessandra, and Serafina. LOL.
This is who I think of when I hear the name Blair:
(That's Blair Warner, the rich one a la "The Facts of Life" . . . great hair, though.)
Peyton, Preston, Grayson. Wannabe pretentious names.
I have more trouble coming up with pretentious names for girls, though I agree that Sloane fits the bill, as do other cold-sounding last-name names. Marin sounds kind of uptight and pretentious to me also.
FWIW, disagree that Charlotte, Isabel, and Genevieve are pretentious.
I'll always think of Lisa Whelchel when I hear Blair. Her hair really was spectacular, wasn't it?
Penelope.
Penelope thinks she's so great, and she's not.