


The top half of this page contains names from some of the preppiest American families in history. Traditionally, family names are given as first and middle names. It is common for preppy families to give two or sometimes even three middle names to children, incorporating important familial surnames. Most of these names are unisex and are given to boys and girls. It is common for girls born into preppy families to be given a more feminine first name and then one, two or sometimes as many as three more middle names. These are authentic "Ivy League" preppy style baby names given to the some of the preppiest American girls and boys. Visit Our Online Photo Album Atherton Armistead Archibald Astor Ames Acton Archer Ambrose Armstrong Amory Avery (becoming trendy) Aldrich Arent Averell Astoria Ashley Originally a MALE name (much too trendy now) Ashton & Asheton (again, too trendy now) Akeley Abercrombie August & Augusta Amherst Ayer Arabella Adelson Aldis Addison (becoming trendy) Alden Armitage Ashby Allaire Audley Allerton Aldys Buckley Breese Beaumont Brayton Brighton Brinkley Brynn Breene Brewer Bourne Blythe Buchanan Benton Barrington Bentley Blase Banks Barclay Baring Blackwell Baldwin Blair Brock Bayard Bradford Bond Barron Bingham Briggs Byrd Blaney Brodie Bennett Bowman Blaine Brinton Bruton Burnham Birchard Bronson Briton & Britton (NEVER Brittany) Brooke & Brooks (NEVER Brooklyn) Burke Brinsley Barbour Breck Blakeley Brayton Carlisle Casden Caswell Chaplin Calvert Crawford Chauncey Cartwright Clifton Channing Carrington Coleman Cutter Cannon Copeland Cortland Collis Crosby Cheney Cabot Crane Craige Cuyler (Similar to the trendy Kyler, use caution) Claiborne Callahan Campbell Chapman Chandler Colden Corliss Catlin Calloway Corcoran Carlton Caldwell Chardon Creighton Connery Conaway Cornelia & Cordelia Carter (becoming trendy) Coleridge Clairemont Chapin Cutler Courtenay Originally a male name (THIS spelling) Duval Dutton Delancey DeWitt Drexel Duffield Danforth Dellora Driver Denison Duke Dunbar Davison Drayton Dorrance Davenport Davis Eckley Elgin Eaton Easton (becoming trendy) Ellery Eldridge & Elbridge Emerson Ehney Evert Emmons Elverton Ewing Emory Eastburn Espy Fortune Fowler Folsom Fairbanks Freeborn Farwell Foxhall Foster Fulton Fairfield Forbes Farnsworth Ferguson Fitz & Fitzgerald Fairchild Fenwick Falley Finley Falkner Forrester Greer Gates Garrison Godfrey Grant Greene Grigsby Gerrish Gifford Grafton Goddard Gardner Gratia Guilford Galbraith Gorham Goodloe Graydon Geary Gareth Greeley Garrett Grantland Gray Grayson (use caution, becoming very trendy) Hunt (NEVER Hunter) Heisley Holden Hewitt Hartford Hall Honore Harris Hathaway Hale Holbrook Hamilton Hargrave Hallowell Hartwell Hart Hazard Hammond Harrison Harkness Hearst Harden Hartley Heatherly (NOT Heather) Healy Hollins Howland Harper (becoming trendy) Hutchinson Harris Hadwen Hendrick Hill Hays Higgins Huntington Hawkens Hadley Harcourt Hollis Howell Hollister Ives Ingram Insley Jennings Judge Janeway Jamison Johnson Jackson (EXTREMELY trendy now) Jarvis Jefferson Kirkland King Kingsley Kingston Knight Kittredge Keller Kortright Key Kimball Keating Keene Kempton Kilbourn Lorillard Loring Lowden Langdon Larimer Lendrum Livingston Lynde Lowthian Langston Lenox Loomis Lawford Larkin Lauder Laughlin Lawson Ledyard Lake Lathrop Lock Latham Landley Lowell Leyden Lovett Lovell Lyon Lachlan Lowry Leighton Lochridge Logan (VERY trendy now) Morgan Originally a MALE name Moreau Marriner Murdock Montague Major Moore Meyer Milbank Marsden Merriweather McLane McPherson Mercer Mitchell McKinley (Becoming trendy) Malcolm Morse Merritt Munroe Mills Morrell Maine Maximilian ("Max" has become too trendy & popular now) McIntire Mercedes (use with caution, better as a middle name) Mead & Meade Meigs McDowell Manning Mackall & McCall McCarthy Marshall McKinney Merrill North Newell Northrup Nelson Newcomb Neilson Newlon Noble Oakleigh & Oakley Oakes Olney Ogden Osborne Oel Ossian Octavia Peyton (becoming trendy now) Payson Paxton (also becoming trendy) Preston (trendy too) Priestley Patton Pierce Pruitt Pyne Pierson Pratt Powell Pomeroy Palmer Price Parke (NEVER Parker) Prescott Power & Powers Pym Prentice & Prentiss Payne Patterson Phoebe Potter Phinney Porter Pemberton Proctor Quinney Ridgely Raley Rushton Randolph (NEVER Randy) Rhodes Redington Reeves Raleigh Rothwell Roane Reese Rowe Reed & Reid Rutherford Rawlings Rivington Remington Ryer Ridgeway Rush Riegel Royal Ramsey & Ramsay Royce Rand Rainer Rucker Rockwood Ryland (becoming trendy) Rynn Schuyler (similar to the trendy Skyler, use with caution) Sinclair Sutton Sayer Seaver Swanee Sheffield Sanger Sloan & Sloane Summit Stone Summerfield Schofield Stockton Stanhope Stanton Sterling & Stirling Sumner Spalding Stowell Stoddard Saxton & Sexton Simmons Stoneleigh Seville Severin Somers (NOT Summer) Sargent Steele Stockard Shafter Sprague Stafford Sidney Originally a MALE name (too trendy now) Truxton Thayer Townsend Tilford Tibby Thorn Thornton Turner Truman Teele Tazewell "Taze" Thakrey & Thackary Teller Tower Tristram Thatcher Tyndal Tinsley Thruston & Thurston Tripler Thurlow Thornwell Tallant Tyler (Use with caution, extremely trendy now) Taylor (Use with caution, extremely trendy now) Tilney Teagan Tuckerman Taggart Tenley Vallee Vanderbilt Vail Vanleer Waldron White Whitlyn Whittier Winter Worth Waverley Weston Wellesley Whitmire Winthrop Wright Worthen Wolfred Wharton Wyndham Walbridge Witherspoon Windsor Whitney Originally a MALE name (has become trendy) Waite Wythe Wheeler Witherbee West Winchester Ware Wyclef Walker (has become very trendy, use with caution) Weatherley Worthington Webb Winfield Wilder Winslow Willoughby Watson Yale Zani Zeph PREPPY STYLE NICKNAMES Muffy Topsy Corkie Gigi Babs (my DD's nickname) Meg Mimi Bitsy & Betsy Nan Topper Buffy Bink Chip Biff or Bif Kiki Missy Molly Trip Kit Tad Skip Van Cricket Kitty Cece Coco Win Tiffy Miffy Bootsy Tip & Tipper Liddy Bunny Scooter Cuffy Jock Kip TOP TEN CONSERVATIVE PREPPY NAMES FOR 2006: GIRLS: Elizabeth Charlotte Lucy Catherine & Katherine Ann & Anne BOYS: William John Charles Samuel Henry OTHER PREPPY CONSERVATIVE NAMES Alan & Allen Andrew Arthur Alice Arabella Abigail Amelia Brian Beatrice Barbara Clark Christoper Clara Caroline Cathleen & Kathleen Claire Camilla Connor Douglas Donald David Daniel Dianne Daphne Edward Edmund Eleanor Ellen Evelyn Eugenia Emmaline Frederick Francis Frank George Gregory Geoffrey Gayle & Gail Howard Hugh Harold (Harry is fine) Helen Hannah Isabella James (NOT Jimmy) Joseph Johnathan Jack Joan Jane Judith (NOT Judy) Lawrence Lewis Lauren & Laura Lila Lois Linda Matthew Michael Mark Mary Margaret Martha Margot Meredith Oliver Olivia Philip Peter Paul Robert Richard (NEVER Ricky) Ronald Steven Stuart Sarah Susan (NOT Sue) Sadie Thomas Timothy Theodore Ted Theresa Walter Warren Wallace The bottom half of this page contains names of universities and colleges found around the world. Will your baby be Ivy League material? Maybe you REALLY loved your college years and have visions of children following in your footsteps. Why not name the kids after your Alma Mater? (just remember to use your best judgement) Here's to the next generation of doctors, lawyers, scientists and politicians! Foreign schools are identified by their country code as follows: AU (Australia) CA (Canada) IN (India) JP (Japan) RU (Russia) UK (United Kingdom) Armstrong Auburn Antioch Azusa Albany Adler Asbury Amherst Albion Avila Adelphi Alderson Averett Augustana Arcadia Alvernia Albright Ashland Amberton Avondale *AU Acadia *CA Ashton *CA Acharya *IN Amitra *IN Andhra *IN Assam *IN Akita *JP Aomori *JP Ashiya *JP Altai *RU Aston *UK Visit Our Online Photo Album Beacon Bauder Brunau Barat Barclay Bellarmine Berea Brescia Bates Bowdoin Baltimore Bowie Becker Bentley Berkeley Brandeis Brevard Bennett Barton Bastyr Bethesda Biola Brewton Bethel Butler Blackburn Bradley Baker Bates Boston Baylor Bennington Brigham Bucknell Baldwin Bond *AU Brock *CA Brunel *UK Cornell (Ivy League) Chapman Coe Chesapeake Cambridge Curry Cleary Carleton Concordia Capella Culver Chadron Creighton Caldwell Centenary Canisius Castleton Crichton Clarion Chatham Claflin Carnegie Columbus Campbell Corban Criswell Carlow Campion *CA Cranfield *UK DeVry Drury Doane Duke Daemen Drexel Dalton DePaul Dillard Denison Defiance Deakin *AU Durham *CA Devi *IN Embry Emory Erikson Eureka Emmaus Emporia Emmanuel Earlham Emerson Endicott Evangel Elon Elmira Fielding Fuller Fairleigh Ferrum Fisk Furman Franklin Flagler Fordham Flinders *AU Fatima *IN Gwynedd Gannon Gallaudet Goshen Grace Goddard Guilford Griffith *AU Harding Henderson Hendrix Humbolt Howard Hastings Huntington Hesston Haskell Hopkins Heritage Hollins Hardin Houghton Hartwick Huron *CA Hannan *JP Irvine Indira *IN Judson Jarvis Juniata Julliard Johnson Jamia *IN Jissen *JP Josai *JP Kennesaw Kendall Knox Kaplan Kettering Kearney Keene Kenyon Kent Kerala *IN Kanda *JP Kansai *JP Keiai *JP Keisen *JP Kitami *JP Kyorin *JP Kuban *RU Kurgan *RU Keele *UK Loras Loyola Lasell Lehman LaGrange Lakeland Liberty Lyndon LaSalle Lehigh Lander Langston Linfield Lourdes Lenoir Laval *CA Leeds *UK Mercer Morehouse Macon McMurray Mesa Mills Monterey McConnell Marshall McKendree McPherson McNeese McDaniel Madonna Macalester Marquette Milligan Moore Messiah Malone Marietta Monroe Molloy Mercy Marist McRae Macquarie *AU Murdoch *AU McGill *CA Millia *IN Madurai *IN Meikai *JP Newman Northland Nalanda *IN Narendra *IN Nanzan *JP Nara *JP Nevsky *RU Napier *UK Olivet Ouachita Oglethorpe Oberlin Orissa *IN Otani *JP Oxford *UK Penn (Ivy League) Prescott Philander Patten Pacifica Pepperdine Purdue Park Paine Peace Pratt Pace Pfeiffer Peirce Rollins Rockford Roosevelt Rowan Rush Regis Rivier Rider Rutgers Rockland Regent Radford Rhodes Roanoke Ryerson *CA Saybrook Stillman Sonoma Savannah Simmons Smith Shepherd Simpson Strayer Stetson Spelman Sterling Spalding Sullivan Sojourner Salem Shawnee Siena Shaw Sauder *CA Seneca *CA Sastra *IN Saga *JP Seinan *JP Sendai *JP Shonan *JP Samara *RU Schiller *UK Sotheby *UK Tulane Towson Tufts Truman Tarleton Talladega Truett Tabor Temple Trevecca Tiffin Thiel Touro Tula *RU Tuva *RU Thames *UK Unity Ursinus Urbana Ursuline Utica Vassar Vanguard Vaughn Vanderbilt Whittier Wheaton Walsh Wellesley Westfield Wheelock Wheeling Whitman Wayland Wiley Wesley Warner Webber Washburn Wilson Wilkes Winthrop Wright Webb Wells Wake Waseda *JP Wye *UK York Yeshiva ~Z~ |








