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HelpRe: Most Pretentious Names?
in reply to a message by Rachel Shaina
I don't think there's any way Arabella could be sold as nonpretentious, do you? I can't really see that argument for Isabella either, although I guess you're asking for names so OTT that people don't really use them. Annabella, Isabel, there's something a little understated about them, but there's no defending Arabella.
Desdemona also comes to mind. Who can pretend they're not naming their child an entire heroic epic when they name her Desdemona.
Looking at the bottom of the 2009 lists, - okay, these names like Illiana? Anyone who names their kid Illiana is anticipating that she won't fart. There is just no two ways about that.
Ceridwen. Everything about it, the mythology, unfamiliarity, ancientness, exoticism, everything phonetic about it, PLUS the meaning which cannot be surpassed in terms of pretentiousness.
Ysabella beats out Isabella, for sure.
These names like Braylin are incredibly pretentious in their own ways, aren't they? Although I guess they don't qualify here because they wholly lack elegance.
I guess mythology is the best place to find these names. Ariadne - there's just no pretending that you gave your kid a normal name here.
I feel I'm not doing a good job. How about this one: Berengaria ! I don't know if it counts as pretentious because it's pretty unfamiliar plus it's a bear, but damn look at it.
No we need some ancient Roman stuff. Aureliana? Maximilienne? Severina? Thomasina? Tatianina?
I dunno, I hope someone else has better ideas.
Desdemona also comes to mind. Who can pretend they're not naming their child an entire heroic epic when they name her Desdemona.
Looking at the bottom of the 2009 lists, - okay, these names like Illiana? Anyone who names their kid Illiana is anticipating that she won't fart. There is just no two ways about that.
Ceridwen. Everything about it, the mythology, unfamiliarity, ancientness, exoticism, everything phonetic about it, PLUS the meaning which cannot be surpassed in terms of pretentiousness.
Ysabella beats out Isabella, for sure.
These names like Braylin are incredibly pretentious in their own ways, aren't they? Although I guess they don't qualify here because they wholly lack elegance.
I guess mythology is the best place to find these names. Ariadne - there's just no pretending that you gave your kid a normal name here.
I feel I'm not doing a good job. How about this one: Berengaria ! I don't know if it counts as pretentious because it's pretty unfamiliar plus it's a bear, but damn look at it.
No we need some ancient Roman stuff. Aureliana? Maximilienne? Severina? Thomasina? Tatianina?
I dunno, I hope someone else has better ideas.
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I know a girl named Iliana, and she definitely farts.
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I don't think...
Illiana (well, actually it's Iliana) really counts. It's on the US charts because it's a Spanish name, so you can't hold it to English standards of pretentiousness.
Maybe I'm just defending it because it's similar to my name (although I don't actually like the way it looks). I completely agree about everything else, though.
Illiana (well, actually it's Iliana) really counts. It's on the US charts because it's a Spanish name, so you can't hold it to English standards of pretentiousness.
Maybe I'm just defending it because it's similar to my name (although I don't actually like the way it looks). I completely agree about everything else, though.
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Maybe. I feel that way about most names with that particular set of consonants and vowels, Ilana, Eliana, Lilianania, Ilianialaniana, Leilani.
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