To anyone thinking of picking something pretentious...

[LethalWhite]

Don’t know if anyone else was listening to radio 6 just now?

A woman rang up with a request, mentioned her 6 week old daughter
Presenter: what’s she called?
Woman: Isolde Fleur
Presenter:.... what? sounds confused
Woman Isolde Fleur
Presenter: why? Where’s that come from?
Woman: it’s an old Arthurian legend.
Presenter: right. Why...why did you pick it?
Woman: well we were researching baby names and it just seemed to fit.
Presenter: well, ok.

The poor woman

Double barrelled names, whether chavvy or pretentious, are all awful in my opinion. No name sounds good with another name stuck on the end for no good reason

Isolde isn't that pretentious, and Fleur is practically common now. I've seen much more try-hard names than that on MN.

Isolde isn't particularly pretentious. And Fleur is more than fine. I agree with the pp who said the woman probably ran the names together like Isoldaflur, and the presenter didn't understand. Or maybe he only knows the Iss-ult pronunciation and the woman pronounces it as Iz-old-a, etc.

Fleur is practically common now.

I worked with a lady - must be about 45 now - called Fleur over 10 years ago.

I think Isolde is a lovely name. Its an old celtic name, what's the problem with it? I am all for bringing back similar names from legends and myths! I have a print of a roman fresco where the female figure is called Fleur, so I also have a soft spot for that.

I think pretentious names are things like Sixtus, Isambard etc