The Ten Most Common Names to Have if You’re a Genius

A website studied more than 14,000 geniuses to figure out the most common first names. The three most common names for male geniuses are John, Robert, and William. For women it's Mary, Elizabeth, and Maria. You'd probably like your kids to turn out as geniuses, right? After all, it's your best bet to leech money off them down the road. So maybe you can give them a slight head start by picking the right name, below is the full list of results.

Their list included writers, scientists, mathematicians, artists, philosophers, inventors, composers, and Nobel laureates.

For men, the top 10 names for geniuses are

John
Robert
William
Charles
David
James
Richard (yesss!)
Johann
George
and Paul.

For women, the top 10 names for geniuses are

Mary
Elizabeth
Maria
Anne
Margaret
Susan
Ruth
Anna
Alice
and Dorothy.

[Via: Mooseroots]