What's the Most Pretentious Name You've Ever Heard?

[closetoshore]

After reading the other thread I thought it might be interesting to see and list the different names we all think are pretentious.

[pranma]

Rupert Denzil Beaumont George
true!

[closetoshore]

Clarence
Montgomery

[mayanna123]

But, as the other thread appeared to conclude, not the name itself but rather the parents attitude make a name 'pretentious', then no name itself can be pretentious. It all depends on who owns it!

[cluckyagain]

AWW - I love clarence and montgomery....and rupert! Perhaps I have duff taste though.

[florence2511]

Barry

It's as pretentious as hell

[jambleeye]

No, there are definitely pretentious names.

Persephone and Araminta for example.

I know a recently baptised little Artemis.

[mathanxiety]

Araminta, funny enough, was the original given name of Harriet Tubman. Presumably it's a name with a long history. Do certain sounds in a name render it pretentious? The "Ara..." part perhaps?

[mayanna123]

Well, I seem to have a 'pretentious' taste then because I love Rupert, Clarence, Monty and even Artemis .

[smother]

Spartacus (also true! a friend of mine recently named their boy this and I didn't know what to say)

[Cortina]

I am Spartacus

I've heard of a Horatio and a Rhodesia - not sure if pretentious is the right word, 'problematic' for the child perhaps?

[bellissima]

Hang on - not yet another 'Percy-fone' thread?

Lucretia. Honestly. Ran into a mother who had named her entire brood ridiculous names including that for one now teenage DD. Just how often will poisoning be mentioned to the poor child?

[Sidge]

Peregrine

[diddl]

Tarquin

[pofacedandproud]

Cosmo
Candida [just reminds me of thrush]

[AvengingGerbil]

Ptolomy
Jolyon

[3littlefrogs]

Torquil

[StripeyKnickersSpottySocks]

Benedict

[BitOfFun]

pmsl at Spartacus. Is he the pfb? Will any future siblings also be called that?

[pofacedandproud]

every Tarquin I have ever met has been a pain in the arse.

[PlumpRumpSoggyBaps]

Benedict is ds2's middle name. If I'd had my way it would've been his first name.

I think Petronella's quite pretentious. The name, that is. I don't know any Petronellas personally.

[pofacedandproud]

Benedict is a good name.

[fruitshootsandheaves]

Petronella sounds like a cross between something you get to scare mosquitos away and a 1970's TV Lawyer

[isittooearlyforgin]

heard a mum call her child across the room "China" not sure if pretentious, just a bit strange

[Avendesora]

Oberon and Delphi

[annasmami]

What is the point of such threads other than to be hurtful to those parents with children with these names...?