Preppy Boys Names? or Names that mean something in another language?

[Anonymous]

Carlos

[Anonymous]

So, I went to an Ivy League college, and just before every reunion, people write in saying what they are doing these days, and there is a space on the form for kids names. I compiled them once out of curiosity. The top 5 boys' names are

Alexander
William
Andrew
Samuel
Nicholas

Girls:
Elizabeth
Katherine
Anna
Maya
Alexandra

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Preppy names are usually family names, or lineage names like xx xx III, or last names as first names (again family names not made up names). Nicknames like Trey/Trip or chip or chad are another option (often required because the family or lineage names can be confusing with multiple people with the same name, or cumbersome if its a multisyllabic last name as first name) . Of course it would be extremely unpreppy to have a nickname as a given name.

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[Anonymous]

A few actual preppies:

Senator John D Rockefeller IV ("Jay") has 4 kids: John V (known as Jamie), Valerie, Charles, and Justin.

Gloria Vanderbilt has 4 kids: Leopold Jr., Christopher, the late Carter, and Anderson

Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. had 2 kids: George and Henry

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Anonymous wrote:For Silas (which is not that preppy--I would say trendy)--Jasper or Felix.

I like these

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Brooks
Andrew
Peter
Piers
Benton
Walter

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Anonymous wrote:These all sound like the names of date rapists.

And/or serial killers.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a Chase. I don't know if it's properly preppy though. I think of preppy as names that could be last names. But that's just my notion of it.

Chase is a dog's name.

[Anonymous]

New preppy:

Tate
Carter
Cooper
Reagan

Old school preppy:

Brad
Brock
Kevin
Phillip
Timothy
John Paul or Patrick (JP)
Jeffrey


Old money:

Chase
Spaulding
Noble
Martin
Morgan

[Anonymous]

Topher (Christopher)

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Neth (Kenneth)

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Mes (James).

[Anonymous]

Spaulding was the name of the grandson in Caddyshack.

[Anonymous]

It's also a sports brand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sawyer
Brock
Preston

These names and many of the previously mentioned ones are only preppy of they are family names that are middle names and used because they are John Brock Smith IV and Brock is used because his dad goes by Jay, Grandpa went by Jack and great-grandpa was John.

Otherwise, using these names is striverish and pretentious.

Uhhhhh or your dad could be a huge baseball fan and name you Brock. WTF, the lengths you people will go to to make yourselves feel superior.

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