What’s in a name?
Sexiness, it seems. Or a lack of it, as the case may be.
BabyNameWizard.com has spent the past five years asking thousands of the site’s visitors to rate the names that they find the most and least sexy.
Why a baby name advice site would go down the route of picking out sexy names for babies is beyond us, but, as adults, we were certainly intrigued to find out which arbitrarily-tagged, fellow human beings we should making eye contact with across the sticky Coppers dance floor.
Most alarmingly, there’s no sign of the name “JOE” anywhere. A sexy oversight, surely. Too sexy a name perhaps?
Top 10 Sexy Male Names
1. Alessandro
2. Lorenzo
3. Rhett
4. Romeo
5. Mateo
6. JOE
6. Dimitri
7. Dane
8. Marcelo
9. Dante
10. Rémy
Top 10 Sexy Female Names
1. Scarlett
2. Nicolette
3. Natalia
4. Anaïs
5. Paulina
6. Alessandra
7. Chanel
8. Soraya
9. Adrianna
10. Giuliana
We know what you’re thinking and the answer you’re looking for is “yes.”
If your name is on either of the lists above then yes, you are automatically a big dirty ride of a thing, imbued with more sexiness than sexy George Clooney reading the sexy Kama Sutra, while thinking sexy thoughts about sexy George Clooney reading the sexy Kama Sutra.
Although we’re not too sure what the, ahem, craic is with No. 4 on the lady list. Anaïs? Really?
And if your name happens to be on the list of least sexy names below? We’re sorry, there’s nothing we can do for you and all hope is lost.
Top 5 Least Sexy Male Names
1. Bob
2. Ernest
3. Norman
4. Dick
5. Howard
Top 5 Least Sexy Female Names
1. Gertrude
2. Bertha
3. Agnes
4. Ethel
5. Mildred
Hat-tip to Her.ie and Cosmopolitan.
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