Think you’ve got a bit more brains than the average joe? Perhaps it has something to do with your name!
Nameberry recently shared the top 20 smartest names for boys and girls after surveying lists of Mensa members, Nobel Prize winners and notable scientists and thinkers, plus combined variants of these names.
It’s all very scientific (okay, probably not), but it is just a bit of fun so let’s see which names make the list, shall we?
We also want to point out that NONE of the Mum Central team’s names made the cut.
Smart names for girls
- Marie
- Elizabeth
- Ellen
- Susan
- Ada
- Barbara
- Irene
- Jane
- Nadia
Smart names for boys
- John
- Robert
- William
- James
- Thomas
- George
- Richard
- Charles
- Carl
- Paul
- Michael
Names that mean ‘intelligent’ or ‘wise’
- Hugo
- Sage
- Ethan
- Athena
- Sophie/Sophia
- Odin
- Alfred/Alfie
- Hugh
- Raymond
- Minerva
- Alden
- Cato
- Ramona
- Minnie
- Veda
- Reina
- Aldo
- Senan
- Sonia
- Zella
- Akira
- Hubert
- Shannon
- Aldrich
- Zosia
- Ved
Names of future millionaires
Nameberry also recently shared their predictions for the names of our next-gen of millionaires including:
- Bill/William
- Amancio
- Alice
- Christy
- Warren
- Carlos
- Jeff
- Elon
- Abigail
- Susanne
- Mark
- Larry
- Lawrence
- David
- Iris
- Gerald
- Gina
- Georgina
- Roman
- Laurene
- Salma
- Jacqueline
- Liliane
- Yelena
- Muccia
What to read next
We’ve got plenty more baby name predictions and trends to read through. See which women and men will get pregnant this year with The Names of the Women Most Likely to Have a Baby in 2021.
You can also check out the baby names predicted to steal the spotlight this year as well as the top trends.
