If it's on the Internet it must be true, (disclaimer, it may not actually be true) but in a recent study conducted by genealogy research website MooseRoots.com, there are names that are most likely to be the names of geniuses.
MooseRoots gathered the names of 14,750 notable philosophers, mathematicians, writers, inventors, scientists, composers, artists, MacArthur fellows and Nobel laureates and identified the most common first names among them.
Here they are...
GIRLS NAMES:
- Charlotte
- Helen
- Jane
- Dorothy
- Alice
- Anna
- Ruth
- Susan
- Margaret
- Anne
- Maria
- Elizabeth
- Mary
BOYS NAMES:
- Joseph
- Peter
- Thomas
- Paul
- George
- Johann
- Richard
- James
- David
- Charles
- William
- Robert
- John
So if your name makes the list, take pride in knowing that you're possibly a genius! Poor Albert didn't make the cut..
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