This is just for something I’m writing. What girls and boys names can you think of that give off kind of a snobby/trendy vibe? Not something too popular. (Maybe top 200+). Thanks!
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What about some of the names from Gossip Girl or the actors who are in it? Here’s a link to more from the show as well: Gossip Girl (and Boy) Names | Nameberry
Girls:
[name]Blair[/name] (she was snotty in Facts of Life too)
[name]Blake[/name]
[name]Eleanor[/name]
[name]Ivy[/name]
[name]Jessica[/name]
[name]Leighton[/name]
[name]Lily[/name]
[name]Serena[/name]
[name]Vanessa[/name]
Boys:
[name]Chace[/name]
[name]Chuck[/name]
[name]Harold[/name]
[name]Howard[/name]
[name]Nate[/name]
[name]Penn[/name]
[name]Rufus[/name]
[name]Brandon[/name]
[name]Dylan[/name]
[name]Sterling[/name]
[name]Courtney[/name]
[name]Clarice[/name]
[name]Libby[/name]
[name]Petra[/name]
Jensa
[name]Tiara[/name]
[name]Jaqueline[/name]
[name]Tawnya[/name]
[name]Brooks[/name]
[name]Steffan[/name]
[name]Sheldon[/name]
[name]Hugh[/name]
[name]Jasper[/name] (even though I love this one)
I can’t think of any but I’m going to keep an eye on this thread since it’s very interesting to see what other people consider to be pretentious!
I agree with [name]Blair[/name] and [name]Serena[/name], good suggestions. I would add:
[name]Isabella[/name]
[name]Bridget[/name]
[name]Annabelle[/name]
[name]Jackson[/name]
[name]Edward[/name]
[name]Sheldon[/name]
Mind is drawing a blank now…
Snobby/Pretentious Vibe=
Girls:
[name]Penelope[/name]
[name]Eleanor[/name]
[name]Isabella[/name]
[name]Calliope[/name]
[name]Hermione[/name]
[name]Agnes[/name]
[name]Story[/name]
[name]Edith[/name]
[name]Ainsley[/name]
[name]Finley[/name]
[name]Carmen[/name]
[name]Alexis[/name]
Boys:
[name]Oscar[/name]
[name]Quentin[/name]
[name]Felix[/name]
[name]Finn[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Milo[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Gunner[/name]
[name]Alister[/name]
The first thing that comes to mind are long, rich sounding surnames. Hard to come up with an example off the top of my head. [name]Kingston[/name], Whitmark, Tipton, etc. Also some city names like [name]London[/name] or [name]Paris[/name] give off snobby vibes to me. (I am by no means saying that people that use these names are pretentious, that is just the feeling I get from the names.)
[name]Arabella[/name]
[name]Persephone[/name]
[name]Hermione[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name]
[name]Rupert[/name]
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[name]Imogen[/name]
[name]Bronwyn[/name]
[name]Persephone[/name]
[name]Seraphina[/name]
[name]Isla[/name]
[name]Ariadne[/name]
[name]Eulalia[/name]
[name]Carys[/name]
[name]Lourdes[/name]
[name]Caspian[/name]
[name]Orion[/name]
[name]Atticus[/name]
This is so funny…my name and my sister’s name are both on here - I’ll have to tell my mother she has pretentious naming style! 
I think maybe it depends what you’re ‘pretending’ to be. The names I listed are ones that I think pretentious Australian and British parents give their children when they’re trying to sound like upper-class Brits. I guess they’d be different to the names you might give your child if you were pretending to be, say, a wealthy Californian socialite?
[name]Adair[/name] and [name]Atticus[/name] are the utmost pretentious names for me. I can’t stand either of them, unfortunately.
Also, [name]India[/name] on a girl is beyond pretentious to me if the child is not [name]Indian[/name] and has no ties to India.
Pretentious and Trendy…
Names ending in “ton” like [name]Remington[/name] and [name]Kensington[/name]
Names that just “sound” pretentious (eg. posh or upper class) but aren’t necessarily trendy…
Names I call “British Eccentric” like Sacheverall, [name]Peregrine[/name], [name]Nigel[/name], [name]Rupert[/name], [name]Piers[/name], [name]Alistair[/name], [name]Godfrey[/name], [name]Dunstan[/name], [name]Basil[/name], [name]Edgar[/name], [name]Algernon[/name], [name]Roderick[/name], [name]Percival[/name], [name]Tarquin[/name] (as an avid Anglophile, I quite like most of these names :)).
Girl names that seem especially frilly or fancy sometimes give off a snotty vibe to me. For example:
[name]Anastasia[/name]
[name]Annabelle[/name]
[name]Isabella[/name]
[name]Francesca[/name]
[name]Stephanie[/name]
[name]Tiffany[/name]
[name]Savannah[/name]
[name]Georgiana[/name]
Names that start with V’s do, too. Not sure why.
[name]Vanessa[/name]
[name]Victoria[/name]
[name]Vivian[/name]
Surnames or male names on girls. [name]Sloane[/name], [name]Sutton[/name], [name]Michael[/name], etc. I’ve known a lot of rich/pretentious/snobby people who gave those types of names to their daughters.
[name]Bartholomew[/name]
[name]Barnabas[/name]
[name]Emmanuel[/name]
[name]Jacqueline[/name]
[name]Clementine[/name]
[name]Leonora[/name]
https://nameberry.com/babyname/Victoria
https://nameberry.com/babyname/Paige
https://nameberry.com/babyname/Regina (thanks to Mean Girls)
https://nameberry.com/babyname/Katherine … although, I love it.
https://nameberry.com/babyname/Sandra
https://nameberry.com/babyname/Jenna
https://nameberry.com/babyname/Claudia
https://nameberry.com/babyname/Veronica
https://nameberry.com/babyname/Delilah
https://nameberry.com/babyname/Danika
https://nameberry.com/babyname/Georgia
https://nameberry.com/babyname/Wes
https://nameberry.com/babyname/Sebastian
https://nameberry.com/babyname/Carter
https://nameberry.com/babyname/Damon
https://nameberry.com/babyname/James
https://nameberry.com/babyname/Nate
https://nameberry.com/babyname/Quinton