What's a preppy name without an equally preppy nickname?
Preps across the East Coast are known for their interesting naming style of lastname-first names, but in reality, most preps only give an influential family member's name as a middle name. Most of your stereotypical preppy parents will name their child a conservative name – Thomas, William, Matthew, and David are good examples for baby boys, and on the pink side of things, Daphne, Sarah, Meredith, and Eleanor. These names are so well-used and loved, that families began to distinguish each member with a beautiful, seemingly unrelated nickname.Yes, John was nicknamed Jack, and Margaret was nicknamed Peggy, but preps are notorious for nicknames like Bunny, Skipper, Topsy, etc. So, without further ado, here is a list of preppy nicknames with some plausible full name suggestions for related preppy names if making the jump from Kathleen to Bunny is a bit difficult. (Also, in prepland, nothing is exclusive to males or females.)
Babe / Baby - Barbara, Beatrice, Roberta
Babs - Barbara
Bamie
Bay - Bailey, Bainbridge, Bayard, Baylor
Bif / Biff / Biffy - Balfour, Bancroft, Banfield, Bedford, Beresford, Bickford, Bradford, Buford
Bink / Binky
Birdie - Beatrice, Bridget, Roberta
Bissy - Elizabeth
Bitsy - Bryan, Elizabeth, Tabitha
Bizzy - Elizabeth
Bonnie - Veronica
Boots / Bootsy
Briggs - Brigham, Brighton
Buck
Bud / Buddy
Buffy
Bumper
Bunny
Buzzie
Cap - Captain, Charles
Cece - Cassandra, Cecilia, Drusilla, Priscilla
Chad - Charles
Champ - Beauchamp
Chasey
Check
Chip - Charles, Christopher
Cookie - Cornelia, Cornelius
Chuck - Charles
Coco - Colleen, Concord, Constance, Consuelo, Cordelia, Corinne, Cornelia, Courtney
Cookie - Cornelia
Cork / Corky - Charles, Cornelius, Cornell
Cricket
Cuffy
Daisy
Dede
Del - Delano
Dibby
Duffy
Easy
Ellie
Espy - Stephanie
Fifi - Daphne, Felicity, Josephine, Ophelia, Seraphina, Sophia
Finn
Fitz - Fitzgeorge, Fitzhugh, Fitzjames, Fitzpatrick, Fitzsimmons, Fitzwilliam
Flopsy
Fodd - Forrest
Ford - anything that ends with '-ford'
Gay - Grace
Gib
Gig
Gigi - Eugenia, Gabrielle, Genevieve, Gertrude, Virginia
Hal - Hamilton, Henry
Ham - Hamilton
Harry - Harris, Harrison, Henry
Happy
Hays
Hilly - Hilary
Holtie
Hud - Hudson, Hugh
Izzy - Elizabeth, Isabella
Jack - John, Jonathan, Joseph
Jay - John
Jeb
Jock - John, Jonathan, Joseph
Kick
Kiki - Catherine, Kelly
Kim - Kermit, Kimberley
Kip - Catherine, Christopher, Kipling, Kipper, Kittredge
Kit - Catherine, Christian, Christine, Christopher, Kester, Kittredge
Knoxie - Knox
Lady
Liddy - Elizabeth, Lydia
Lilly - Elizabeth, Lillian
Linc - Lincoln
Liv
Liz
Lock
Lola
Lolly
Lucky
Lulu
Mac - anything that starts with '-mac'
Meg - Margaret, Megan, Morgan
Miffy
Mimi - Marion, Mary, Miriam
Mimsy - Marion, Mary, Miriam
Minnie
Missy - Melissa, Millicent
Misty
Mittie - Martha
Mitzie - Mariam, Martha, Mary
Molly - Mary, Muriel
Mopsy
Muffy - Martha, Mary, Matilda
Nan / Nanna - Anna
Ned - Edmond, Edward, Edwin, Theodore
Oatsie
Ollie
Peachy
Penn - Pendleton, Penelope, Peniloe, Penna, Penrose, Penleigh, Pennington, Peregrine, Prentice
Pinky - Pinkney, Pinxton
Pony
Pookie
Posy
Pussy
Quad - used for 'The Fourth'
Quint - used for 'The Fifth'
Rae - Rachel
Rex - Reginald, Ronald
Rip
Rocky - Veronica
Rosey - Roosevelt
Ruly - Ruliph
Rusty
Salt
Sarge
Scooter
Scout
Seb
Shep - Shepherd, Stephen
Sissy
Sistie
Skip / Skipp / Skipper
Slim
Sloppie
Sonny
Sperry - Spencer
Spooky
Sport
Tad / Tadd - Thaddeus, Theodore
Taff / Taffy - Andrew, Daphne, Taft, Tafton
Tag - Agatha, Agnes, Montague, Taggart
Tate - Elizabeth, Natalie, Tatum
Taze - Tazewell
Ted - Edward, Theodore
Tib / Tibby - Elizabeth, Tabitha
Tiff - Tiffany
Tig - Matilda
Tip / Tippy / Tipper - Edward, Thomas, Thomasina, Tipton
Tiz
Todd - Talmadge, Thaddeus, Theodore, Todhunter
Topher - Christopher
Topper - Christopher
Topsy - Tiffany
Trip - typically used for 'The Third'
Tuck / Tucky - Nantucket, Patrick, Thackeray, Theodore, Thomas, Timothy, Tucker
Tuffy
Tug - Arthur, Augustus, Brutus, Tugman, Tugwell
Van - any name that includes "van", as in Vanderbilt or Van Rensselaer
Wash - Washington
Web - Webster
Wells - Wellesley, Wellington
Win - Winifred, Winslet, Winslow, Winston, Winthrop
Wog
Zippy - Elizabeth, Seraphina, Stephanie
