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

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

I also happen to know a lovely Tiggy (Antigone) in ds's class. I happen to like the name alot, but don't expect everybody to. But I certainly wouldn't describe anybody's parents as 'thick'!

Harwick. a boy in my friends ds's class

ditto mopsyflopsy. I also like Antigone and Persephone and can't really see the difference between those and Phoebe or Penelope - after all, same cultural background. Arachne might be a bit more out there though..

it shouldn't matter whether a child is called plank or frank or caryatid. this is nasty bullying you should be ashamed of yourselves.

jeering at the names of children you know. not nice.

I went on a couple of dates with a fabian when I was young, I thought that was quite a corking name

Not sure what 'corking' means, but I know several German Fabian's - its a common name in Germany/Austria. Maybe his parents were of German heritage..?

p.s. what does 'corking' mean?

ime, corking means jolly good, mopsy.

thanks thumbwitch

mopsy - It was certainly not very usual in our neck of the woods - but suited to the area he lived IYSWIM.

Corking = very good, is not a reference to a sex act or anything

Oh, I see

St John pronounced 'Sin gin'

Prince probably, though that said it's growing on me.

He goes to dd1's school. She seems to think it is short for Principle????

I knew a st john once, in my head it was spelt singeon...

I only realised that it was actually st john when I read one of the bridget jones books

My own.

I like lots of the names on this thread.
It does seem rather childish to anonymously snigger at peoples names.* There must be better ways to raise a giggle than to point and laugh at children named after Grandparents/Gods.

*Disclaimer; unless they are just badly thought out eg Drew Peacock. Gotta love that!

I beg to differ lockets, it is not pronounced 'Sinjin' in the Bible.

at Cranky - one of my friends really knew an Andrew Peacock, AND he was called Drew! Evil parents...
I also know a Richard Head, used to know a John Thomas and know an Andrew Pratt.

Delphi is actually uber posh possibly tinged with a bit of boho chic thinking of a couple I've heard of.

Mopsyflopsy anything that is extremely unusual will attract comment.

I like unusual names fwiw, my children's names are unusual enough that if I named them both together people would certainly know it was me if they knew me.

The point I'm making is that you can't control how other people react.

If the vast majority of people choose 'normal' names then those same people will according to their taste (which they're also entitled to have) find some names too outlandish or too pretentious, or whatever label you want to attach.

What makes a name like Persephone attractive to the very people most likely to choose it is the fact that the vast majority of the population consider it unusable. That's part of its appeal.

Is St John's Wood pronounced Singin wood??

Boudica. She likes to be called "Bo".

Prometheus.

He was in a swimming lesson and the teacher just couldn't remember it so she called him 'little P'!

Horatio and Hereward the twins.

There was a Hereward on Location Location once and I've never forgotten .

Perhaps that's the problem with a more outlandish name if you do something you shouldn't you are in trouble as people can't forget or confuse you with anyone else?

Take note my friend Tuesday!