What’s in a name? A high IQ, apparently…
According to genealogy site MooseRoots, researchers have gathered 14,750 names of notable philosophers, writers, mathematicians, scientists, inventors, artists, composers, Nobel laureates and MacArthur fellows and identified the most common first names among them. Certain names link a child to some of the world’s most brilliant minds.
If you’re having trouble picking a name for your future child and hoping to have a total child prodigy – here are the names that might just help…
MALE
John
Robert
William
Charles
David
James
Richard
Johann
George
Paul
Thomas
Peter
Joseph
Female
Mary
Elizabeth
Maria
Anne
Margaret
Susan
Ruth
Anna
Alice
Dorothy
Jane
Helen
Charlotte
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Source: Essential Baby