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Examples of preppy boys names

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PSL1990 · 25/09/2019 10:37

Could you give me some examples of 'preppy' boys names? But nothing tooooo out there or uppity sounding e.g. Tarquinius or Horatio would be way too much for us!

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Lavenderblues · 25/09/2019 15:47

Some names are so funny and definitely not 'preppy' Grin like Box, Brick, Trigg, Trace ?!

Lavenderblues · 25/09/2019 15:44

To me these are 'preppy' names:

Sebastian
Rufus
Quentin
Raphael
Miles
Marcus
Cassius
Leonard
Hector

Atlasta · 25/09/2019 15:43

Alistair

Lavenderblues · 25/09/2019 15:41

According to Wikipedia:

Preppy (also spelled preppie) or prep (all abbreviations of the word preparatory) is a subculture in the United States associated with old private Northeastern university-preparatory schools. The terms are used to denote a person seen as characteristic of a student or alumnus of these schools. Characteristics of preps in the past include a particular subcultural speech, vocabulary, dress, mannerisms and etiquette, reflective of an upper-class upbringing.[1]

MissHenty · 25/09/2019 15:35

Sorry yes OP there seems to be confusion about what the work “preppy” means

Can you clarify what you interpret the word to mean @PSL1990

Like the poster above said, I’m assuming you meant names for boys at public schools?

saywhatwhatnow · 25/09/2019 15:33

Monty
Ged (Gerard or Gerald)

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 25/09/2019 15:24

Dying at 'Box'...

Balonz
Harbottle

PuppyMonkey · 25/09/2019 15:24

Not a bloody clue.

PushkinTheCat · 25/09/2019 15:17

I would say:

Hugo
Rufus
Rupert
Rory
Sebastian
Julian
Hector
Timothy
Edmund (very rare, this)
Toby

QuaterMiss · 25/09/2019 14:59

OP are you in the US? I’m not accustomed to the term ‘preppy’ being used in England - and most posters seem to be responding as if you had asked about ‘prep school’ which, here, means an independent school for children from around 7 or 8 to 13 years old.

evilharpy · 25/09/2019 14:55

Jonty (short for Jonathan)
Kit (short for Christopher)
Rupert
Tarquin

ladyratterley · 25/09/2019 14:47

I've had a think about the most preppy men I've know throughout my life. They were called the following:

Benjamin
Benedict
Peregrine
Rupert
Laurence
Louis
Frederick

PinkOboe · 25/09/2019 14:42

this is such a disparate collection of names that i am convinced that, like me, no one had any idea whatsoever what preppy means

MayaWhySoDown · 25/09/2019 14:36

Preppy rather than 'posh' to me, are names like:

Toby
John
Quentin
Orson
Otis
Lawrence / Laurence
Xavier
Rufus
Rowan

SophiaLarsen · 25/09/2019 14:21

Preppy people I know:

Andrew
Crispin
William (Wills)
Rupert
Ralph (pronounced the English way)
Benedict
Guy

boujie · 25/09/2019 14:15

Hugo
Sebastian
Jago
Ludo
Henry
Albert
George
Rollo
Charles
Dominic
Christopher

user23415 · 25/09/2019 13:46

These have 'preppy' feel to them imo:

Marcus
Quentin
Sebastian
Hector
Cassius
Raphael

I like them all actually.

user23415 · 25/09/2019 13:44

Josh, Chad and Brad are not at all preppy imo!

fitzbilly · 25/09/2019 13:34

clarinstunic Josh is not, in any way, 'preppy'. Not round here in the South east anyway. Every other boy is called Josh.

tabbycat985 · 25/09/2019 13:10

Perry
Marc
Dawson
Jeremy
Troy
Francis

notso · 25/09/2019 13:07

Bryce
Wellington nn Wells
Lawton
Digby
Baxter
Lindon
Montgomery
Niles
Frasier
Buckley
Arden
Landon
Coxon
Fisher
Van
Brick
Worth
Trace
Blaise
Sloane
Trigg
Seth
Bastien
Hutch
Brandtsen
Wellby
Dawson
Fletcher

CatkinToadflax · 25/09/2019 13:01

DS assures me that two of the boys at his Prep are named Hippo and Mustard. I suspect they may have alternative names on their birth certificates though.... 🤔

TheJoxter · 25/09/2019 12:56

Wiff Chet Box Chank and Huff??? Where are you getting these names??

TheJoxter · 25/09/2019 12:55

Both my boys names have been mentioned already Grin

Hector
Henry
Hugo
Milo
Sebastian
Rupert
Albert

FizzyGreenWater · 25/09/2019 12:50

And Huff

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