Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know a Caroline whose nickname is Carrie. Never saw that before.

Seriously?

Are you incredulous that someone never heard this, or incredulous that this is a nickname for Caroline?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP Declares "Preppy" to be "old school classic" to quote the poster above.

Keep them coming.

Can we call a girl child by a last name?

Miller, Davis, ect?

Yes, but only if its a family name (your great-grandmother on your fathers side, your grandmother, your MILs great grandmother etc)
Two of my favorite sorority sisters (SEC school) were Collins & Smith.

Yes, exactly.

Off the top of my head, I know Dunbar, Truly, Campbell, Dempsey, Morrell, and Rogers.

That must be a southern thing.

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.

Also agree. Some of the other suggestions just crack me up.

If I have time later perhaps I will refer to my original Preppy Handbook from the 80s and post the names listed. I believe there was a chapter on acceptable names.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP Declares "Preppy" to be "old school classic" to quote the poster above.

Keep them coming.

Can we call a girl child by a last name?

Miller, Davis, ect?

Yes, but only if its a family name (your great-grandmother on your fathers side, your grandmother, your MILs great grandmother etc)
Two of my favorite sorority sisters (SEC school) were Collins & Smith.

Yes, exactly.

Off the top of my head, I know Dunbar, Truly, Campbell, Dempsey, Morrell, and Rogers.

Anonymous wrote:I know a Caroline whose nickname is Carrie. Never saw that before.

Seriously?

Anonymous wrote:OP Declares "Preppy" to be "old school classic" to quote the poster above.

Keep them coming.

Can we call a girl child by a last name?

Miller, Davis, ect?

Yes, but only if its a family name (your great-grandmother on your fathers side, your grandmother, your MILs great grandmother etc)
Two of my favorite sorority sisters (SEC school) were Collins & Smith.

Mother's maiden names. I know a Collins, a Gibson, a Williams and a Smith.

Lorraine
Grace
Samantha
Elenore

My grandmother and her sisters offer some:

Clara (she was called Lucy, middle name was Lucille)
Marguerite (she was called "Gee")
Lillian (Lily)
And one who's real name I never knew because they only ever called her "Whiney".

They "lunched" for 4 hours a day, meaning they drank a lot of gin.

Bunny. All THE WAY! That is the MOST old school, preppy name.

Anonymous wrote:
Can we call a girl child by a last name?

Miller, Davis, ect?

In my family, yes, as long as it's a family surname.

Anonymous wrote:I have one of the names mentioned more than once in this thread. My parents are working-to-middle class and not the type to do anything aspirational, phony, or pretentious. I should ask my mom why the hell she picked my name. It's a saint's name (as are several others), so maybe that's why.

Agree that Maya, Sydney and Devon don't fit the bill. They sound like soap-opera names to me -- like someone's image of what a wealthy person would be named.

Saints' names are classic names, the more common ones are definitely not pretentious, and they are not the prerogative of the preps. Just like any other classic name, they may just as well be used by working or middle class people, precisely by those who are not pretentious (the latter quality tends to lead to faux prep names such as many of those that have been mentioned in the boys' thread, i.e. someone's image of what a wealthy person would be named, as you say).

OP Declares "Preppy" to be "old school classic" to quote the poster above.

Keep them coming.

Can we call a girl child by a last name?

Miller, Davis, ect?

I know a Caroline whose nickname is Carrie. Never saw that before.

Amanda
Allison
Charmaine
Eloise
Rose
Delia
Glenda
Wendy
Vanessa
Elaine
Nataly
Heather

Just to clarify again, the only one of these that remotely qualifies is Allison.