Want your child to be a genius? Call them John or Mary: Researchers reveal the most popular names among those with high IQs
- MooseRoots gathered 14,750 names of academics to create their list
- John is the most common male genius names
- Mary is the most common female genius name
Elizabeth Stern, Charles Darwin and William Faulkner were doctors, scientists and writers and known for their intelligence.
And according to a new study, their names are also among common first names of geniuses.
A genealogy research website compiled the names of well-known academics and identified the top 15 first names most geniuses have.
A genealogy research website compiled the names of well-known academics and identified the top 15 first names of most geniuses. MooseRoots gathered 14,750 names of philosophers, writers, mathematicians, scientists, inventors, artists, composers, Nobel laureates and MacArthur fellows to create their list
MooseRoots gathered 14,750 names of philosophers, writers, mathematicians, scientists, inventors, artists, composers, Nobel laureates and MacArthur fellows to create their list.
The site understands that most parents want their children to be happy and achieve success during his or her lifetime, according to the article.
And they name chosen for babies can either make or break their future, so ‘prepare your child for greatness by giving them a name that has been borne by man accomplished people’.
MooseRoots also noted that because female names are underrepresented, the list was split in halves that highlight the most common male genius names, and most of the female genius names, according to Fox 8.
Another recent story claims first born children are smarter than their siblings - but only by a tiny margin, researchers have found.
The study of over 377,000 high school students concluded first-borns do have higher IQs and consistently different personality traits than those born later in the family.
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However, researchers say, the differences between first-borns and 'later-borns' are so small that they have no practical relevance to people's lives.
'This is a conspicuously large sample size,' said University of Illinois psychology professor Brent Roberts, who led the analysis with postdoctoral researcherRodica Damian (now a professor of psychology at the University of Houston).
Elizabeth Stern (left) , Charles Darwin (middle) and William Faulkner (right) were doctors, scientists and writers that were known for their intelligence. Because female names are underrepresented, the list was split in halves that highlight the most common male genius names, and most of the female genius names
'It's the biggest in history looking at birth order and personality.'
The analysis found - as a previous large-scale study did - that first-borns enjoy a one-IQ-point advantage over later-borns, Damian said.
The difference is statistically significant but meaningless, she said.
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