and it makes me think of "aristocratic".
Ariston and aristocratic are probably related words.
Prententious for whom? If you like it, it is not pretentious. We should have high ambitions for our children. And if it sounds "too much" for a little boy, he could be called
Ari.
I've never heard the name
Ariston before, but I know of a dog named
Arista. It suits her, she is an imposant dog.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (
Edith Södergran 1891-1923)