WASP-iest Names

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Classic name that does not evoke Catholic Saint. Followed by family surname as middle name. Must also have nickname that only close friends know (eg. Bitsy). This is really so you can tell who actually knows you over the posers.

This. Those cutesy nicknames seem like they could only happen in exaggerated fictional accounts, but they are very, very real.

[Anonymous]

Laird

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Classic name that does not evoke Catholic Saint. Followed by family surname as middle name. Must also have nickname that only close friends know (eg. Bitsy). This is really so you can tell who actually knows you over the posers.

This is my first child. I’m not a wasp but my husband is a 10th generation northern Virginian, so I guess that qualifies.

I named the second kid so he got the Catholic Saint name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Classic name that does not evoke Catholic Saint. Followed by family surname as middle name. Must also have nickname that only close friends know (eg. Bitsy). This is really so you can tell who actually knows you over the posers.

This is my first child. I’m not a wasp but my husband is a 10th generation northern Virginian, so I guess that qualifies.

I named the second kid so he got the Catholic Saint name.

And yes first kid has the unrelated cutesy nickname.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s not just the specific names. The people who said it is reusing names over and over and then using nicknames to distinguish. Maiden names become first names. So a girl might be Parker but only because it was her mother’s maiden name. Not just because Parker is cute or trendy. Classic names are common but used over and over. Four names is also more common but can be a pain. I posted earlier about all my family have the same names. No joke my first name is named for my grandmother and aunt but my middle name is the same as all female cousins on one side. My brother and father have the same name but neither use it so not confusing.

Maiden names as a first name is more of a southern thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:James
Edward
Henry
William
George
Elizabeth
Anne
Margaret

This is the answer. Adding John and Martha. Especially Martha. Everyone keeps suggesting white trash aspiration names instead ?

A lot of the families I know with kids named these names are Catholic. Plus some Marys and Patricks of course. But in my area of Virginia there are a lot of wealthy/“old money” Catholics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:James
Edward
Henry
William
George
Elizabeth
Anne
Margaret

This is the answer. Adding John and Martha. Especially Martha. Everyone keeps suggesting white trash aspiration names instead ?

I’d add Agatha and Abigail.

[Anonymous]

Chaplin
Campbell
Bennet

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Chaplin
Campbell
Bennet

Chaplin?