When it comes to choosing your baby’s name, maybe you’ll go for a family tradition or just something you like.
But would you consider a name because it could mean your child is more likely to be academically gifted?
Well, the UK’s ‘smartest’ baby names have been revealed.
Tutoring platform Tutor House has analysed internal data to find the names most commonly associated with getting good grades.
To create the list, they analysed 10,000 names from the last five years, and cross-referenced them with the grades achieved by the children with those names.
Top of the list for boys was George and Emma was top for girls.
Obviously there are lots of kids who aren’t in their database and a name is probably unlikely to actually make you more intelligent, but it gives parents-to-be an idea of what the most common names for smart kids are.
The 'smartest' baby names
Boys:
- George
- Thomas
- Mohammed
- Alfie
- Marcus
- Hugo
- Krishna
- Timothy
- Rajesh
- Daniel
Girls:
- Emma
- Fatima
- Eve
- Amelia
- Felicity
- Clare
- Priya
- Zhara
- Joanna
- Sarah
Alex Dyer, founder of Tutor House, said: ‘Parents often spend a great deal of time deliberating on what name to give their child, and rightly so.
‘It forms part of your child’s identity, with social science studies finding that a name can influence careers, personality traits and even physicality.
‘With that in mind, and considering the wealth of data we have, we thought it would be interesting to see what names are most commonly associated with being academically gifted.
‘While obviously your name has no reflection on your potential, the results are still interesting and might prove useful for parents who are struggling to settle on a name.’
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source https://metro.co.uk/2019/11/05/uks-smartest-baby-names-revealed-11044324/
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