Pretentious Boy Name

My hubby and I both love the names [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f]/[name_f]Rosette[/name_f] and [name_f]Gwenivere[/name_f] [name_u]Emory[/name_u]. The problem is, we’re having a boy! Can you think of names that go along with these girl names? People say I have pretentious name taste, so any boy names that seem pretentious to you would be good too. Thanks! I’m having the baby in 2 weeks!

[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_m]Alistair[/name_m]
[name_m]Brooks[/name_m]
[name_m]Boone[/name_m]
[name_m]Cohen[/name_m]
[name_m]Crispin[/name_m]
[name_m]Callum[/name_m] “[name_u]Cal[/name_u]”
[name_m]Cormac[/name_m] “[name_m]Mac[/name_m]”
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m]
[name_m]Garrick[/name_m]
[name_m]Gunnar[/name_m]
[name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m] “[name_m]Hawk[/name_m]”
[name_u]Ellis[/name_u]
[name_m]Hayes[/name_m]
[name_m]Heath[/name_m]
[name_m]Boyd[/name_m]
[name_m]Jarrett[/name_m]
[name_m]Kiefer[/name_m]
[name_m]Lawson[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucian[/name_m]
[name_m]Patton[/name_m]
[name_m]Nash[/name_m]
[name_m]Quaide[/name_m]
[name_m]Ronan[/name_m]
[name_m]Rafferty[/name_m] “[name_u]Rafe[/name_u]”
[name_m]Langston[/name_m]
[name_m]Royston[/name_m]
[name_u]Sterling[/name_u]
[name_m]Kaius[/name_m] “[name_u]Kai[/name_u]”
[name_m]Stellan[/name_m]
[name_m]Thatcher[/name_m]
[name_m]Hoyt[/name_m]
[name_m]Warner[/name_m]
[name_m]Valor[/name_m] u
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u] “[name_u]Wally[/name_u]”
[name_m]Wilder[/name_m]
[name_m]Whittaker[/name_m] “Whitt”
[name_u]Zephyr[/name_u]

I heard Townsend the other day, thought it was nice.

Well, I dislike the names I consider pretentious.

[name_m]Cooper[/name_m]
[name_m]Pierce[/name_m]
[name_m]Wellington[/name_m]

[name_m]Wellington[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_f]Bennington[/name_f]
[name_m]Leonidas[/name_m]
[name_m]Nicolai[/name_m]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m], nn [name_m]Fox[/name_m] is cute!
Coriolanus
[name_m]Aurelian[/name_m]
[name_m]Valor[/name_m]
Revere
[name_m]Rainier[/name_m]
[name_m]Justinian[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
[name_m]Whittaker[/name_m]

Good luck! I am a fan of ‘pretentious’ names myself:) And [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] and [name_f]Gwenivere[/name_f] are lovely!

I think [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] would go great with those names! :slight_smile:

Caldecott
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_m]Hadrian[/name_m]
Ariston
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u]

A few names come to mind when I think pretentious:
[name_m]Thurston[/name_m]
[name_m]Linwood[/name_m]
[name_m]Kensington[/name_m]

I just noticed [name_u]Jude[/name_u] in your signature. That would definitely be my vote! We just had a little girl but [name_u]Jude[/name_u] and [name_m]Beckett[/name_m] were at the top of our boy list.

[name_m]Edmund[/name_m] was my first thought. :slight_smile:

I also immediately thought [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]. Some others-

[name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m]
[name_m]Tennyson[/name_m]
[name_m]Montgomery[/name_m]
[name_u]Emerson[/name_u]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_m]Isadore[/name_m]

Being pretentious is not something people usually want to call themselves or their name taste, (the definition being “attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed,”) but I would say these give me the same impression as your girl choices:
[name_m]Edwin[/name_m]
[name_m]Percival[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_m]Emrys[/name_m]
[name_u]Munro[/name_u]
Carr
[name_m]Steffan[/name_m]
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m]
[name_m]Conrad[/name_m]

[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_m]Balthazar[/name_m]
[name_m]Calhoun[/name_m]
[name_u]Easton[/name_u]
[name_m]Griffith[/name_m]
[name_m]Griffin[/name_m]
[name_m]Laird[/name_m]
[name_m]Landon[/name_m]
[name_u]Parker[/name_u]
[name_m]Prentice[/name_m]
[name_m]Preston[/name_m]
[name_m]Prescott[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_u]Spencer[/name_u]
[name_m]Trenton[/name_m]

[name_u]Remington[/name_u]
[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
Winchester (probably because of MAS*H)
[name_u]Sterling[/name_u]
[name_m]Leander[/name_m]
[name_m]Alastair[/name_m]
Fauntleroy
Barrington
[name_m]Lancelot[/name_m]
or just add the fourth or higher order to the end. [name_m]John[/name_m] [name_m]David[/name_m] [name_m]Smith[/name_m] IV or [name_u]James[/name_u] [name_u]Michael[/name_u] [name_m]Smith[/name_m] VII :slight_smile:

[name_m]Conrad[/name_m] would fit well in that sibset!

[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Oswald[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_u]Spencer[/name_u]
[name_m]Hubert[/name_m]
[name_m]Reginald[/name_m]
[name_m]Balthazar[/name_m]

[name_u]Remington[/name_u] nn. [name_u]Remy[/name_u]
[name_u]August[/name_u] nn. [name_m]Augie[/name_m] or [name_u]Gus[/name_u]
[name_u]Emerson[/name_u]
[name_u]Everett[/name_u]
[name_u]Elliot[/name_u]
[name_u]Rory[/name_u]
[name_m]Fisher[/name_m]
[name_u]Porter[/name_u]
[name_m]Laszlo[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Atticus[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m] nn. [name_u]Teddy[/name_u] or [name_u]Theo[/name_u]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Archer[/name_m]
[name_m]Harrison[/name_m] nn. [name_m]Harry[/name_m] or [name_u]Sonny[/name_u]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m] nn. [name_u]Freddie[/name_u]

[name_u]Sterling[/name_u]
[name_m]Cornelius[/name_m]
[name_m]Cormac[/name_m]
[name_m]Cooper[/name_m]
[name_m]Montgomery[/name_m]
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m]
[name_m]Conrad[/name_m]
[name_u]Porter[/name_u]
[name_u]Quincy[/name_u]

[name_m]How[/name_m] can [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] be pretentious? Or [name_f]Guinevere[/name_f]? [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] is a gorgeous classic and so is [name_f]Guinevere[/name_f], though to be honest, your spelling of it is painful to me. I would stick to the original.

I would just go for a multi-syllabic male name you like that is spelled right.