Expectant parents are goo-ing and gaa-ing for these monikers.
Baby name consultant Colleen Slagen revealed why parents are requesting “Ivy League” names — and, no, they’re not naming their children Harvard or Brown.
Most moms and dads dream of their child getting accepted into an Ivy League school, but that’s not why they’re requesting names like, say, Brooks, Cooper, Vivienne or Georgina.
Slagen, who gets paid hundreds of dollars to help parents pick the perfect name for their child, explained that the term “Ivy League” name refers to a moniker that projects a classic charm and opulence similar to the eight prestigious universities.
“I think what they’re saying is they want a name that gives off an air of polish, that ages well, that would work in any environment,” the 34-year-old mother of three told TODAY.com.
However, that isn’t to say that a more unique name won’t be respected.
“Obviously, I don’t think that because you named your kid Onyx, they can’t be CEO,” she explained.
“Times have changed. Culture has changed, but I think that’s where the parents are coming from.”
Many parents believe choosing an Ivy League name will be a good omen for their child’s “success,” Slagen added.
“I think at their core, they are wanting success for their child, and they are perhaps hoping to manifest that through a name that evokes sophistication,” she said.
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The expert noted that a safe bet for choosing a name that fits the bill is using a surname as a first name.
In two different TikTok videos, both dipped in humor, Slagen — who runs her own company, Naming Bebe — rattled off several boy and girl names that fit that style, giving them short biographies to set the scene “all in good fun.”
Boy names
- Twins Callaway and Fraser go to Harvard: “They met their first venture capitalist when they were 11 and looking for investors in a computer software they had created.”
- Whitaker attends Yale: “He’s a legacy admission. He goes by Whitaker when he’s interviewing for summer internships at the Big Four, but if you see him out at a party, you can just call him Whit.”
- Brooks was accepted to Penn: “He was a tri-sport athlete in high school. When people ask him where he goes to college, he humbly replies, ‘In Philly.’ His best friends are Landon and Bennett.”
- Bartholomew takes classes at Cornell: “He grew up in Brooklyn. He has never had to use a public school toilet, and his little brothers, Archibald and Cornelius, plan to follow suit.”
- Cooper studies at Columbia: “I’m not going to say he got in because he’s good at baseball, but he is the starting pitcher.”
- Richmond Beaumont Hawthorn III goes to Dartmouth: “Please, just call him Tripp. He’s actually pretty relatable. His parents only have one summer home, and he’s never even been to Martha’s Vineyard.”
- Stetson preps at Princeton: “He’s the product of a Texas oil tycoon. He does plan to return there to take over the family business, but in the meantime, he’s just having a little fun.”
- Forrest takes courses at Brown: “He identifies as an activist.”
Girl names
- Palmer was accepted to Harvard: “Thanks to her photographic memory, she didn’t even have to bring her dad’s credit card with her.”
- Vivienne studies at Yale: “She’s a classically trained cellist. Her idea of a wild night is playing Baz concertos past curfew. And please don’t spell her name the Latin way. Her great, great, great, great grandmother was French.”
- Kingsley got into Penn: “She saw the ‘Eras Tour’ three times this summer with her sisters, Campbell and Chamberlain, and has the paraphernalia to prove it. Her nannies moved her in today. She’s really going to miss them.”
- Sinclair goes to Cornell: “She didn’t get into Princeton, but Cornell was her first choice, OK?”
- Kensington takes classes at Columbia: “She’s on a first-name basis with all of her professors, but when she runs into girls from her hall who she’s met five times, she says, ‘Remind me your name again?’”
- Wellesley preps at Dartmouth: “Her passion is public education but she will definitely be sending her future children to private school when they turn 2.”
- McKinley studies at Princeton: “Her dorm room is covered in pictures of female Fortune 500 CEOs. She had professional headshots done for her LinkedIn profile when she was a freshman … in high school. If you’re wondering if her name was inspired by U.S. history, her siblings are Lincoln, Kennedy, Monroe and Harrison.”
- Georgina attends Brown: “She’s circulating a petition for the dining halls to go fully vegan, but her trust fund is bigger than her carbon footprint.”
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