Preppy Prep School Names
- Chapin
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"clergyman"Description:
An undiscovered last-name-first option.
- Cheshire
- Collegiate
- Concord
Origin:
Word nameMeaning:
"harmony, peaceful coexistence"Description:
With its ties to tranquil Walden Pond, and harmonious meaning, this could be a modern virtue name. It may also make people think of Concorde, the supersonic airliner plane, retired back in 2003.
- Deerfield
- Exeter
- Foxcroft
- Georgetown
- Greenwich
- Groton
- Gunnery
- Hewitt
Origin:
English, Scottish, and Irish surnameMeaning:
"descendant of Hugh; one who lives near the wood clearing"Description:
Modern way to honor an ancestral Hugh.
- Holderness
- Hopkins
- Hotchkiss
- Idyllwild
- Kingswood
- Lawrenceville
- Loomis
- Madeira
Origin:
Place-name, PortugueseMeaning:
"wood"Description:
Madeira is an off-beat place name, notably appearing on the map as an island off Morocco, famous for its Madeira wine. Also the name of a city in Ohio (named for John Madeira, a 19th century landowner), it is additionally associated with a tributary of the Amazon River and an English cake.
Derived from Portuguese, Madeira means "wood": a name chosen for the island by Portuguese settlers in the 15th century, in reference to its forests.
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