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I suppose some of the names I like could be considered pretentious, although I suppose that makes sense, as I like them because of how old-fashioned they are. These are actually all from my PNL:

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Masculine: Algernon, Camille *, Céleste *, Constantine / Constantin *, Cosimo, Evander, Félix *, Florian *, Fyodor, Galahad, Gilbert * (I like the French pronunciation, which makes me think of Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette; that's pretentious!), Guillaume *, Hamlet, Honoré, Horatio, Leander, Lysander, Marcel *, Marlowe, Maximilian, Maximilien * (as in Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre, another French historical figure with an overly long name), Ninian, Octavian, Percival, Prospero, Quincy, Rainier *, Rémy *, René *, Sidney (somewhat pretentiousness as a masculine name, especially if you give your Sim a long British surname), Valentine, Vasiliy (lots of Russian names, actually, but this especially), Victor * (with the right surname, or in a French string of names), Vivian (like Sidney, it's very pretentious with the right surname), Vivien *, Yvain

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Feminine: Adélaïde *, Adelaide, Aella, Alaia, Alcyone, Alethea, Alexandria, Alexandrie *, Allegra, Amaia, Anastasia / Anastasiya, Anastasie *, Arianna , Arianne *, Astraea, Atalanta, Athénaïs *, Aurelia, Aurélie *, Aurora, Aurore *, Azalea, Azzurra, Beata, Bryony (especially with a long British surname), Calista, Callisto, Camille *, Cassandra, Cassiopeia, Céleste *, Celestina, Célestine *, Clytemnestra, Constance *, Coralie *, Cordelia, Cosima, Electra, Eléonore *, Élodie *, Esperanza, Fiammetta, Fiorella, Flavia, Geneviève *, Ginevra, Guinevere, Gwenaëlle, Hermione, Hero, Honorata, Imogen, Iolana, Ione, Iphigeneia, Iria, Isadora / Isidora, Isotta, Ivana, Kalliope, Kleio, Laelia, Laetitia *, Léa *, Lenora / Lenore, Luminiţa, Maiara, Mariana, Marielle *, Mireia / Mirèio, Mireille *, Morgana, Morrigan, Nadezhda, Naiara, Nanaea, Nereida, Nerissa, Nimue, Niobe, Noémie *, Octavia, Odile *, Oihana, Oona, Ophelia, Ophélie *, Oriana, Orianne *, Pandora, Parvaneh, Pax, Penelope, Peninnah, Perdita, Persephone, Phaedra, Philomela, Proserpina / Proserpine, Psyche, Radana, Regina, Régine *, Renata, Renée, Rhiannon, Rosalia, Rosalie *, Rosalind, Rosetta, Roxana, Roxanne *, Safira, Scheherazade, Selena / Selene, Seraphina, Serena, Sidonie *, Sitara, Stelara, Svetlana, Titania, Valentina, Valora, Verena, Verity (another one that needs a long British surname), Victoria, Viviana, Vivianne / Vivienne *, Yelena, Yvonne *, Zenaida, Zénaïde *, Zoraida, Zuleika

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* Any French name can instantly be made pretentious by adding a string of other names, 18th-century style (like Lafayette and Robespierre)

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If I ever get a newer version of the Sims (I only have the first edition), I'm definitely going to give my Sims names like that.