This is just out of curiousity, what names do you feel are rather preppy? To me, preppy and kre8tiv are in different veins, I am not particular on style just looking for some ideas 
Thanks Berries!
I always thought preppy was āschool styleā. I mean really posh schools. Often these children have names like [name_f]Florence[/name_f] and [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] paired with nicknames aka [name_f]Flossie[/name_f] and [name_u]Clemmie[/name_u]. [name_f]Cecily[/name_f] nn Cessie etc. I donāt know though really. I just think of ties and glasses when you say preppy.
Preppy feeling names in my opinion are very unisex and surname on girls and strong surname sounding names on boys
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[name_m]Whittaker[/name_m] āWhittā
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u]
[name_m]Hoyt[/name_m]
[name_m]Bryant[/name_m]
[name_m]Warner[/name_m]
[name_u]Tate[/name_u]
[name_m]Quaide[/name_m]
[name_u]Blaine[/name_u]
[name_m]Brooks[/name_m]
[name_u]Dorian[/name_u]
[name_m]Thatcher[/name_m]
[name_m]Rhett[/name_m]
[name_m]Hayes[/name_m]
[name_m]Kiefer[/name_m]
[name_u]Keaton[/name_u]
[name_m]Orson[/name_m]
[name_m]Preston[/name_m]
[name_m]Wesley[/name_m]
[name_m]Aston[/name_m]
[name_u]Sterling[/name_u]
[name_m]Boone[/name_m]
[name_m]Thad[/name_m]
[name_m]Teague[/name_m]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_m]Royston[/name_m]
[name_u]Remy[/name_u]
[name_u]Rhys[/name_u]
[name_m]Rafferty[/name_m] ā[name_u]Rafe[/name_u]ā
[name_m]Milo[/name_m]
[name_m]Marco[/name_m]
[name_u]Niko[/name_u]
[name_m]Lawson[/name_m]
[name_m]Kellen[/name_m]
[name_u]Murphy[/name_u]
[name_m]Desmond[/name_m]
[name_m]Garrick[/name_m]
[name_m]Duncan[/name_m]
[name_m]Crispin[/name_m]
[name_m]Dax[/name_m]
[name_u]Cal[/name_u]
[name_m]Alec[/name_m]
[name_m]Mack[/name_m]
[name_m]Colton[/name_m]
[name_m]Brantley[/name_m]
[name_m]Boyd[/name_m]
[name_m]Cuyler[/name_m]
[name_m]Callum[/name_m]
[name_m]Damon[/name_m]
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m] ā[name_u]Dash[/name_u]ā
[name_m]Franklin[/name_m]
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_m]Grant[/name_m]
[name_u]Jude[/name_u]
[name_u]Kerr[/name_u]
[name_u]Rory[/name_u]
[name_u]Reid[/name_u]
[name_u]Bryce[/name_u]
[name_u]Royce[/name_u]
[name_m]Thayer[/name_m]
[name_u]Tiernan[/name_u]
[name_m]Vaughn[/name_m] -
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[name_u]Kendall[/name_u]
Ellason
[name_u]Hollis[/name_u]
[name_m]Langston[/name_m]
[name_u]Parker[/name_u]
[name_u]Quinn[/name_u]
[name_u]Ainsley[/name_u]
[name_u]Ashby[/name_u]
[name_u]Darby[/name_u]
[name_u]Delaney[/name_u]
[name_u]Cassidy[/name_u]
[name_u]Blair[/name_u]
[name_m]Kensington[/name_m]
[name_u]Oakley[/name_u]
[name_f]Tandy[/name_f]
[name_f]Bronwyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Meadow[/name_f]
[name_f]Paige[/name_f]
[name_u]Channing[/name_u]
[name_u]Auden[/name_u]
[name_f]Afton[/name_f]
[name_f]Brighton[/name_f]
[name_u]Leighton[/name_u]
[name_u]Colbie[/name_u]
[name_u]Hadley[/name_u]
[name_u]Sutton[/name_u]
[name_u]Harper[/name_u]
[name_u]Bellamy[/name_u]
[name_u]Sloane[/name_u]
[name_u]Tatum[/name_u]
[name_f]Maren[/name_f]
[name_u]Sydney[/name_u]
[name_u]Sheridan[/name_u]
[name_u]Paisley[/name_u]
[name_u]Fallon[/name_u]
[name_u]Kennedy[/name_u]
[name_u]Karsten[/name_u]
[name_u]Tristen[/name_u]
[name_u]Tierney[/name_u]
[name_u]Whitney[/name_u]
[name_u]Chandler[/name_u]
[name_m]Lennox[/name_m] ā[name_u]Lex[/name_u]ā
[name_u]Campbell[/name_u]
[name_m]Kimball[/name_m]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f]
[name_f]Jolene[/name_f]
[name_f]Primrose[/name_f]
[name_f]Annelise[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Brynn[/name_f]
[name_f]Chloe[/name_f]
[name_f]Elspeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Gretchen[/name_f]
[name_f]Heidi[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Karissa[/name_f]
[name_u]Riley[/name_u]
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lorraine[/name_f]
[name_f]Noelle[/name_f]
[name_u]Penny[/name_u]
[name_u]Josie[/name_u]
[name_u]Sage[/name_u]
[name_u]Piper[/name_u]
[name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u]
[name_u]Romy[/name_u]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f]
[name_f]Sadie[/name_f]
[name_u]Teagan[/name_u]
[name_u]Mackenzie[/name_u]
[name_f]Cadence[/name_f]
Wyndom
In this country, āpreppyā names are ones that are stereotypically associated with people at prep schools, like Whirligig said, really posh schools. Names like [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] nn [name_f]Hattie[/name_f], [name_f]Millicent[/name_f], [name_f]Francesca[/name_f], [name_m]Tarquin[/name_m], [name_m]Rupert[/name_m], [name_m]Rufus[/name_m], [name_m]Archibald[/name_m], [name_m]Humphrey[/name_m], [name_m]Hugo[/name_m] etc. I also agree with Whirligig about names like [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] nn [name_u]Clemmie[/name_u].
I donāt know what would be considered preppy in the US but I just googled it and I think maybe different names are considered preppy there?
Yeah. What do US Berries think?
US [name_u]Berry[/name_u] Here
Preppy names here would be a lot of surname names (esp ones ending in -ton for boys) and unisex names. Also, for girls, long, elegant, classic names with unisex nicknames. Everything spelled right (no 'yās place randomly, etc).
Some examples:
[name_u]Mackenzie[/name_u] - boy
[name_m]Alistair[/name_m] - boy
[name_u]August[/name_u] - boy
[name_m]Benton[/name_m] - boy
[name_u]Ashton[/name_u] - boy
[name_m]Kenton[/name_m] - boy
[name_f]Atherton[/name_f] - boy
[name_u]Bailey[/name_u] - boy
[name_u]Parker[/name_u] - girl
[name_u]Darcy[/name_u] - girl
[name_f]Samantha[/name_f], nn [name_u]Sam[/name_u] - girl
[name_f]Jessica[/name_f], nn [name_u]Jessie[/name_u] - girl
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f], nn [name_u]Joey[/name_u] - girl
[name_u]Daniell/name_u, nn [name_u]Danny[/name_u] - girl
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], nn [name_u]Charlie[/name_u] - girl
[name_f]Alexandr/name_fa, nn [name_u]Alex[/name_u] - girl
We have similar sorts of schools in the US, but they are pretty concentrated on the east coast, and itās only the really wealthy that use them. This is based on my understanding of public schools in the UK anyway. Most upper middle class go to public schools (that is I guess in UK terms a state school) and some to private schools but most of them arenāt really like the UK system. Most of them are religious based, even if theyāve moved away from religious education, thatās how they started. So to most Americans I think, preppy tends to be associated with a particular east coast wealthy life style. So naming wise it would be similar to the names popular in Oxford, I think. There is a lot of carry over from the UK idea of preppy names. Iām not actually sure what names they are using, Iām middle class so I donāt hang out with wealthy people, but I imagine Nameberryās Yupster lists would be close.
Iām from the USA and preppy names are normally set by popular students names. When I was in Highschool it was [name_f]Stephanie[/name_f], [name_u]Whitney[/name_u], [name_f]Lauren[/name_f] and [name_f]Jennifer[/name_f]. I think preppy is more an attitude or social class than a name style. I always assumed preppy and posh were similar.
Haha. Not everyone in [name_m]Oxford[/name_m] is posh because of the University hahaha!
Iām just saying that the names there would be the same sort of names that would be considered preppy here. (and Iām using it as an example only because I know about the names there from the study) In the US there isnāt as much of a class divide in naming styles, I think, the wealthy and middle class tend to name pretty similarly at least. The biggest divide is locational. If you live in the west or west coast or south, for instance. (Well and also race and religion but I donāt really want to talk about that here)
[name_m]Just[/name_m] take a look at the maps that are shown on [name_u]Baby[/name_u] Name [name_m]Wizard[/name_m] for the names [name_m]Maxwell[/name_m] (kind of yupster) vs [name_u]Harper[/name_u] (g) (surnames, popular in western states and the south).
There isnāt a divide in naming depending on where you live. There are [name_f]Kylie[/name_f] Annes and [name_m]Ty[/name_m] [name_f]Caitlyn[/name_f] [name_f]Elle[/name_f] Louises in [name_m]Oxford[/name_m] and every other county just as there are Sebastians, Henriettas and Charleses in [name_m]Oxford[/name_m] and every other county.
Preppy names I think are very popular names that in your grade you have/had 10+ (theoretically) children named this.
[name_m]Zachary[/name_m]
[name_f]Sara[/name_f]/h
[name_u]Madison[/name_u] (for girls)
[name_f]Abigail[/name_f]
[name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_f]Hannah[/name_f]
[name_m]Connor[/name_m]
[name_u]Ashley[/name_u]
Names like that.
Iām talking about the naming trends in the US, itās definitely different depending on your region/state. Thatās not saying that [name_f]Emma[/name_f] and [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] arenāt popular all over the state, but after the international favorites, there are regional differences. [name_m]Just[/name_m] look it up. Some of the names that you mentioned arenāt even trendy here, [name_f]Henrietta[/name_f] isnāt on the charts and [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] isnāt in the top 100 in [name_f]Alabama[/name_f] but is #30 in [name_u]California[/name_u]. [name_f]Caitlin[/name_f] was big in the US in the '80s and '90s so not really a popular college age name anymore. Whereas most Sebastians havenāt made it to college yet. So I guess [name_m]Oxford[/name_m] isnāt a good example.
To me, [US] preppy means northeastern, country-club, pearls/polos/sweaters tied around shoulders. Iām with the pp who said that for girls itās surnames, unisex names or buttoned-up names with boyish nns, while for boys itās just fancy surnames.
Has anyone heard of the blog ā[name_f]My[/name_f] Imaginary Well-Dressed Toddler Daughter?ā Most of the names on there Iād consider preppy (in a yupster-bordering-on-hipster way.)
I think of [name_m]Cooper[/name_m] and [name_f]Paige[/name_f].
For everyone wondering what US āpreppyā is, search āpreppy styleā on Pinterest. Voila. Preppy in the US brings to mind Sperryās, [name_f]Lilly[/name_f] Pulitzer, bow ties, pearls, button downs, pull over sweatshirts, sailboats, country clubs, [name_u]North[/name_u] Face, Vineyard Vines, and monograms on EVERYTHING. It also brings to mind images of the [name_u]Kennedy[/name_u]'s.
Anyways, as far as namesā¦
[name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_m]Harry[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_m]Liam[/name_m]
[name_u]Noah[/name_u]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Jack[/name_m]
[name_m]William[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathan[/name_m]
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u]
[name_u]Charlie[/name_u]
(For boys, imagine a name you can add āthe thirdā after. So classics/conservative-ish names.)
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_u]Quinn[/name_u]
[name_f]Lilly[/name_f]
[name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophie[/name_f]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Olivia[/name_f]
[name_f]Kate[/name_f]
[name_f]Emma[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f]
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_f]Madeline[/name_f]
ā¦and maybe surnamey names likeā¦
[name_u]Kennedy[/name_u]
[name_u]Presley[/name_u]
[name_u]Reagan[/name_u]
[name_u]Addison[/name_u]
[name_u]Madison[/name_u]