Anonymous wrote:Ha! That is my relative named Thumper. Some girls' given names in that extended family are Elizabeth, Caroline, Laurel and Julia. Nicknames Gabby, (none for Caroline), Lo and Bonnie. Go figure.

Not preppy, but WASPy - I know a friend's aunt is named Cheddar. That's right, as in cheese.

Bridget? I thought the original preps referred to their maids as Bridgets.

Blair

Brooke

Mary Louise

Louisa

Paige

Amy

Kathryn

Gigi

Bridget

Yes, Cricket! Also, Piper.

Kimberly (Kiki)

Margaret (Molly)


Bunny, I hear this one a lot.

Lifelong Muffy here. I nearly passed out when I met someone with the given name Muffy. I was young enough that I am pretty sure I said something assholish like "I didn't think that was legal." yes, officially naming a child a nickname still drives me nuts.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am an old school prep....I have one of the nicknames on this list. Sydney and Maya aren't quite right. Neither is Wendy or Charmaine or Glenda.

You'd be surprised by some of the old money preppy ladies' names...India, for example.

Whitney
Sophie
Anne
Cricket
Catharine
Louise/Louisa
Palmer
Caroline
Lucy
Jacqueline
Alix or Alex
Victoria

Yes! Another card-carrying prep here and agree 100% with this list.

Add me to the list! Catherine can have the nickname Kiki.

Piper

Lillian, nickname Lilly

Anonymous wrote:I am an old school prep....I have one of the nicknames on this list. Sydney and Maya aren't quite right. Neither is Wendy or Charmaine or Glenda.

You'd be surprised by some of the old money preppy ladies' names...India, for example.

Whitney
Sophie
Anne
Cricket
Catharine
Louise/Louisa
Palmer
Caroline
Lucy
Jacqueline
Alix or Alex
Victoria

Is India common in New England families? I know it's old-school Southern.

a lot of these listed sound like classic names not preppy...

Cricket, Muffy, Buffy, definitely preppy

also Preston, Barclay, and other last name names

Hillary?

Anonymous wrote:I am an old school prep....I have one of the nicknames on this list. Sydney and Maya aren't quite right. Neither is Wendy or Charmaine or Glenda.

You'd be surprised by some of the old money preppy ladies' names...India, for example.

Whitney
Sophie
Anne
Cricket
Catharine
Louise/Louisa
Palmer
Caroline
Lucy
Jacqueline
Alix or Alex
Victoria

Yes! Another card-carrying prep here and agree 100% with this list.

In my somewhat preppy family, the names Julia, Caroline, Elizabeth, Anna, Sarah, Margaret, Jane, Anne, and Katherine dominate. No problem with cousins sharing names, either.

Some of the odder nicknames include Cricket, Buzzy, Poochie, Lil, Mugs, and Cappy, as well as normal ones like Meg and Sadie. Also, several of the girls go by their middle names, which are family surnames, rather than the names listed above.

I am an old school prep....I have one of the nicknames on this list. Sydney and Maya aren't quite right. Neither is Wendy or Charmaine or Glenda.

You'd be surprised by some of the old money preppy ladies' names...India, for example.

Whitney
Sophie
Anne
Cricket
Catharine
Louise/Louisa
Palmer
Caroline
Lucy
Jacqueline
Alix or Alex
Victoria