Men with a “front vowel” sound made at the front of the mouth, such as “a” in Matt, were most attractive to women.
Those with a “back vowel” sound, such as “aw” in Paul or George, were less sexy, New Scientist magazine said. In women, the situation is reversed.
Of course, given how names in our culture (excluding certain subgroups) have long historical lineages, how much sexual selection for names has there been? Has our collective namebase evolved through competition?
(I was joking, but now that I think about it, you could actually test this by browsing through old geneology charts and checking off the names that you think are sexiest.)
Posted by Thrasymachus at 01:49 PM