Comments on: Can the Right Name Give You a Longer Life?

By: Two Men, One Name « Namely Life « Namely Marly

Two Men, One Name « Namely Life « Namely Marly — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:55:24 +0000

[...] studies indicating that names may have a bearing on a person’s life. Some suggest that names can have an impact on academics. Others imply that names can even influence a person’s personal preferences. While these [...]

By: Marly

Marly — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:12:43 +0000

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!

By: Christos

Christos — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:49:09 +0000

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….

By: Marly

Marly — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:26:50 +0000

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.

By: Mindy@thesuburbanlife

Mindy@thesuburbanlife — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:25:37 +0000

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