Preppy Names

Tower

Word name

While nature names, even those of fierce animals and mountain peaks, are used for children these days, architectural features like this somehow seem a bit cold.

Tuckerman

Tuckerman is a masculine name of English origin, derived from an occupational surname for someone who worked as a fuller or cleaner of cloth (from the Middle English 'tukere'). This distinguished…

Wharton

English

"farm near the river"

Wharton is a rather stiff banker name that becomes creative as a middle name choice for lovers of the novels of writer Edith.

Willoughby

English

"farm near the willows; willow town"

Energetic Willoughby is a familiar last name, but, as yet, makes for a unique choice in the first spot. An unexpected way to get to popular short forms Will and Billy, Willoughby could make an…

Winthrop

English

"friend's village"

Proper Bostonian.

Wyclef

English

"dweller at the white cliff"

Haitian-born rap superstar and humanitarian Wyclef ("Fugees") Jean has lent this name a powerful musical beat.

Yale

Welsh

"fertile upland"

An appellation that couldn't be more Ivy League or sound less Welsh. The name of the University is taken from the surname of college benefactor Elihu Yale. In the movie Manhattan , Yale Pollack is…