Favorite preppy names

What are some boy names that sound “preppy” to you - but that you really like? Particularly for a middle name!

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I love preppy sounding names! [name_m]Cedric[/name_m] was the first to come to mind!
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_m]Isidore[/name_m]
[name_m]Alastair[/name_m]
[name_m]Philip[/name_m]
[name_m]William[/name_m]
[name_m]Dominic[/name_m]

I feel like my definition of preppy tends to be different than other peoples’ but here are some names I like that I can see being called preppy.
[name_u]Brooks[/name_u]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Eaton[/name_m]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_u]Darcy[/name_u]
[name_u]Thaddeus[/name_u]
[name_u]Monroe[/name_u]
[name_u]Porter[/name_u]
[name_m]Montague[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]

Julian
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m]
[name_u]Rhys[/name_u]
[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_m]Fabian[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_u]Amos[/name_u]
[name_m]Rhett[/name_m]
[name_m]Donovan[/name_m]
[name_m]Malcolm[/name_m]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_u]Everest[/name_u]
[name_u]Robin[/name_u]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_u]Holland[/name_u]
[name_u]Scott[/name_u]
[name_u]Anderson[/name_u]
[name_m]Andreas[/name_m]
[name_m]Mitchell[/name_m]
[name_m]Kirk[/name_m]
[name_m]Kenneth[/name_m]
[name_m]Laith[/name_m]
[name_u]Douglas[/name_u]

Hollis
[name_m]Anders[/name_m]
[name_u]Brooks[/name_u]
[name_u]Penn[/name_u]
[name_m]Wells[/name_m]
[name_m]Kipling[/name_m]
[name_u]Vaughn[/name_u]
[name_m]Watson[/name_m]
[name_m]Warren[/name_m]
[name_m]Warner[/name_m]
[name_m]Fitz[/name_m]
[name_m]Kip[/name_m]
[name_m]Fisher[/name_m]
Attwell
[name_m]Rhodes[/name_m]
[name_m]Rochester[/name_m]
[name_m]Rockwell[/name_m]
[name_m]Rainier[/name_m]
[name_u]Rex[/name_u]
[name_u]Banks[/name_u]
[name_m]Bates[/name_m]
[name_u]Davis[/name_u]
[name_u]Hale[/name_u]
[name_m]Oakes[/name_m]
[name_u]Holland[/name_u]
[name_m]Bower[/name_m]
[name_m]Parks[/name_m]
[name_m]Price[/name_m]
[name_u]Keats[/name_u]
[name_m]Yates[/name_m]
[name_m]Keen[/name_m]

A query. I know what was considered preppy in the 80’s (even bought the Preppy Handbook! yikes), but am unclear on what is considered preppy in 2020.

The names people are contributing seem to me a mixture of classic [name_f]English[/name_f] names, rich person names, classic Greek names, 60’s names, and surnames.

Travis
[name_u]Tobin[/name_u]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_u]Sander[/name_u]
[name_u]Reeve[/name_u]
[name_m]Rafferty[/name_m]
[name_u]Quinlan[/name_u]
[name_m]Prewitt[/name_m]
[name_u]Parker[/name_u]
[name_m]Marko[/name_m]
[name_m]Leyton[/name_m]
[name_u]Jay[/name_u]
[name_m]Henrick[/name_m]
[name_u]Emmett[/name_u]
[name_u]Dillon[/name_u]
[name_u]Callum[/name_u]

In my eyes, probably [name_u]Darcy[/name_u], most likely because of [name_m]Lord[/name_m] [name_u]Darcy[/name_u] (Pride and Prejudice)

[name_u]Vivian[/name_u]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_u]George[/name_u]
[name_u]Julian[/name_u]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_u]Brooks[/name_u]

For me it would be:
[name_u]Auden[/name_u]
[name_u]Kingsley[/name_u]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_u]Oliver[/name_u]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_m]Charles[/name_m]
[name_m]William[/name_m]
St. [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
St. [name_m]John[/name_m]
[name_m]Rafferty[/name_m]
[name_u]Banks[/name_u]
[name_u]Ashley[/name_u]
[name_u]Aubrey[/name_u]
[name_u]Kelsey[/name_u]
[name_u]Bailey[/name_u]
[name_u]Avery[/name_u]
[name_m]Beckham[/name_m]
[name_u]Beckett[/name_u]
[name_u]Bennett[/name_u]
[name_u]Blaine[/name_u]
[name_u]Blair[/name_u]
[name_f]Blythe[/name_f]
[name_m]Digory[/name_m]
[name_u]Darcy[/name_u]
[name_m]Eugene[/name_m]
[name_m]Clarence[/name_m]
[name_m]Cornelius[/name_m]
[name_m]Heathcliff[/name_m]
[name_u]Douglas[/name_u]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_m]Percival[/name_m]
[name_m]Fitzwilliam[/name_m]
[name_m]Fletcher[/name_m]
[name_m]Gregory[/name_m]
[name_u]Harry[/name_u]
[name_u]George[/name_u]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Christopher[/name_m]
[name_m]Preston[/name_m]
[name_u]Sullivan[/name_u]
[name_m]Winston[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_u]Spencer[/name_u]
[name_m]Wells[/name_m]
[name_m]Worth[/name_m]
[name_m]Briggs[/name_m]
[name_m]Thatcher[/name_m]
[name_u]Sloane[/name_u]
[name_u]Sterling[/name_u]
[name_u]Landon[/name_u]
[name_u]Bradley[/name_u]
[name_m]Rhett[/name_m]
[name_u]Carter[/name_u]
[name_m]Quinton[/name_m]
[name_m]Maximilian[/name_m]
[name_u]Kennedy[/name_u]
[name_m]Garrett[/name_m]

Montgomery
[name_m]Roland[/name_m]
[name_m]Clifford[/name_m]
[name_m]Harlan[/name_m]
[name_m]Balthazar[/name_m]
Harford
[name_m]Barnabas[/name_m]
[name_m]Bonaventure[/name_m]
[name_m]Marmaduke[/name_m]
[name_m]Archibald[/name_m]

Charles.

My favorite preppy boy name is [name_m]Prescott[/name_m]! It sounds like the name of a [name_m]Harvard[/name_m] boy that comes from Old money but I love it!!!