Freakynameics
The controversialFreakonomics~A Rogue Economist Explores The Hidden Side Of Everything arrived in the mail today. I have not read it yet but I scanned through it and found lists of "Low End/High End" White Girl/Boy Names. Girl's with names like Brandy, Britany, Tonya, Heather,Taylor, Samantha, and Courtney are the Low-enders AS WELL as boys named Cody, Travis, Tyler, Justin, and Brandon.
The "High-enders" with High-Education parents were named Katherine, Lucienne, Marie-Claire, Glynnis, Adair, Beatrix, Philippa, Neeka, Atara, Rotem, and Waverly. The boys, Dov, Akiva, Yannick, Tor, Ansel, Guillaume, Zev, Calder, Finnegan, Kia and Harper.
The only High-ender name I have ever seen was actually today on someone's high-brow blog....hehehehe!... Philippa. Maybe all these Finngans, Ataras and Tors are all living on the East coast....I'm assuming. I want to meet a Zev!
The "High-enders" with High-Education parents were named Katherine, Lucienne, Marie-Claire, Glynnis, Adair, Beatrix, Philippa, Neeka, Atara, Rotem, and Waverly. The boys, Dov, Akiva, Yannick, Tor, Ansel, Guillaume, Zev, Calder, Finnegan, Kia and Harper.
The only High-ender name I have ever seen was actually today on someone's high-brow blog....hehehehe!... Philippa. Maybe all these Finngans, Ataras and Tors are all living on the East coast....I'm assuming. I want to meet a Zev!
posted by Angela at 12:26 AM
2 Comments:
Names are interesting. One thing I remember reading recently is that names go down the economic scale - they start in the high end and then as they move down, are replaced on the upper end with another name.
That was interesting too.
Hey, I have a Blog friend Philippa!
Philippa is actually a very pretty name and Calder too, for a last name..(if Ash is reading this :)
Let's see... I don't see a Denise on any lists. I'm gonna have to start reading this book. Guess I'll be alternating between four books now! I hate when I do that. And I have another thing to add to my Fall list.... The Day of the Dead Hollywood Cemetery celebration :)
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