vintageluvs's list "Preppy Prep School Names" of 20 great name ideas: Deerfield - Middlesex!

Preppy Prep School Names

Deerfield

Exeter

Foxcroft

Georgetown

Greenwich

Groton

Gunnery

Hewitt

Holderness

Hopkins

Hotchkiss

Idyllwild

Kent is a no-nonsense, brief, brisk one-syllable name, almost as curt as Kurt. 

Kent

Kingswood

Lawrenceville

Loomis

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. 
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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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While Madeira predominantly appears as a surname, it has been used occasionally in Portugal and Venezuela, and even appeared in the US stats a few times back in the 2000s. Pronounced as muh-DAY-ruh in Portuguese but muh-DEER-uh in English, if you don't mind the wine or cake connection, it could make an interesting way to Maddy or Mira. 


Madeira

Masters

Mercersburg

Middlesex