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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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BigFatLiar · 26/09/2019 08:47

This is one of those situations that says more about our prejudices than about other people. Judging people based on what their parents called them.

drumandthebass · 26/09/2019 08:47

Fizzy - love those names Wink

drumandthebass · 26/09/2019 08:53

Fizzy - I think you forgot Chunder

Pippilsngstrumpfi · 26/09/2019 09:36

Judging people based on what their parents called them.

But perhaps there's a correlation between parents' name choice and their parenting style?

Geronimo8 · 26/09/2019 09:38

Preppy is roughly the equivalent of posh in the US. Some of these names that would be considered chavvy here are preppy in the American South.

FizzyGreenWater · 26/09/2019 10:46

drumandthebass yes Chunder, I knew a very dashing Chunder from the yacht club, how could I forget!

His best friends were Boil and Grunt.

Any inspiration here yet, OP? :)

MissHenty · 26/09/2019 10:47

Barnaby

intermittentfasting · 26/09/2019 15:46

Christian - possible nn Kit

notso · 26/09/2019 19:32

McEwan
Tennant
Carling
Foster
Boddington
Beck
Hull
Hudd
Vinchester
Melrose
Beecham
Chesford
Chisel
Bleak
Bronson
Branston

s3tut0y3r · 26/09/2019 20:56

Hayden

FizzyGreenWater · 26/09/2019 22:08

Hayrick

Desworth

Bruges

MollyHuaCha · 26/09/2019 22:15

Montgomery
Maximilian
Horatio
Zachary
Jonathan
Quentin

benefitofthedoubt · 26/09/2019 22:20

I read Zachary had “trickled down”. No longer preppy, sorry.

(Thread on here somewhere.)

Strangerthanstrange · 26/09/2019 22:24

Boris

Jacob

David

Proseccoinamug · 26/09/2019 22:26

Milo
Arlo
Will
Oliver
Louis
Toby
Monty
George
Bruno

Woopdewoop · 26/09/2019 22:33

@notso and @FizzyGreenWater - fantastic suggestions.

Antonin · 26/09/2019 23:52

Clovis
Bevis
Aldous
Rupert
Orlando
Rowland
Kenelm
Simon

Jellycat00 · 27/09/2019 02:29

Jolyon
Hamish
Rupert
Rufus
Augustus
Rex
Fergus

Goodebe · 27/09/2019 02:52

Cornelius please

Goodebe · 27/09/2019 02:53

I MAy need have another baby just to use this name

notso · 27/09/2019 07:47

@Goodebe I love the fact the father of one of those heavily named babies is Richard Richie. Richie Rich!!

Goodebe · 27/09/2019 08:28

HEavily named... brilliant!

Leflic · 27/09/2019 17:57

Zachery is definitely a trickled down name judging by the amount of Zacks I know.

My son has a name heavily featured on these lists and widely regarded as posh.. I heard his name screeched across Poundland the other day and was actually shocked as you seldom hear it. It doesn’t take long before the user friendly posh names ( as opposed to pretentious) become pretty humdrum.

elephantmarch · 27/09/2019 19:15

First name doesn’t matter. if They are preppy they will be known by their surname with a y on the end!

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