Mail Online reported that a Wayne State University study on names found that people named Adam live longer than people named Daniel. It’s not even an insignificant amount of “live longer” either. The study shows that people with with a name beginning with an A live up 4 years longer than people whose name begins with a D.
“This study suggests names have more of an impact than we’ve ever given them credit for,” said Dr. David Holmes of Manchester Metropolitan University.
The scientists believe the reason behind the increased longevity is related to school grades. People who get A’s do well in school whereas D is close to failing. People whose name begins with a D may suffer from low self esteem as a result which makes them more susceptible to things like cancer. It is, once again, a testament to the importance of names. Any Daniels out there who want to call me for advice on how to change your name?
Wow, that is absolutely amazing. It makes me want to run out and change my name to Allison or Amber. Wonder where “M” names rated on that list? =)
Mindy
http://www.thesuburbanlife.com
January 19, 2010
10:25 am
Oddly enough, people with a name A lived the longest and then people with names that began with any other letter than D came in second, and people with names that began with a D ranked last. I’m not certain I buy into their theory about the grades, but it’s still an interesting study.
January 22, 2010
6:26 am
It seems that if the first letter of a name was correlated to life expectancy via grades and self esteem then Franks, Freds, Florences would die younger since F is a worse grade than a D….
January 27, 2010
6:49 am
No, Christos. People with the letter D die the youngest because they’re name is closely associated with the letter F. Because people with the letter F name are already associated with failure, they have nothing to lose, therefore they live longer. The only way this makes sense it to try to quit thinking so logically!
January 29, 2010
4:12 pm
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