Top Baby Names Linked to Billionaire Success

What's in a name? There can be a lot. A name is something that your baby will carry with them their entire life. You don't want to mess it up and give them a name that haunts them. I've heard some pretty bad names over the years. Let me just say that sometimes it's best to not get too creative when coming up with a baby name. So, when you're looking at baby names, why not go with something that is tried and true? As it turns out, billionaire success is linked with certain names.

Joe D. from FATJOE recently released a list of the top 10 baby names linked to billionaire success. "The name you give your baby will be highly influential in their life and could be an inspiration to them," they state in a press release. "You could choose to name your child after someone famous, influential, or highly successful in business - but what about choosing a billionaire's name?" They add that it "could give your child the boost they need to achieve runaway success."

For methodology, they used data from Bloomberg.com/billionaires/. They looked at the top 500 billionaires globally and counted the number of times a name was on that tally. Then, they also tabulated the total net worth and average net worth of people who had that name.

So, what are those names linked to billionaire success? Going from No. 1 to No. 10, they're John, David, Thomas, Michael, Wang, Mark, Charles, Zhang, Richard and Jim. As for those top two, John and David, FATJOE says, "Both classic, Biblical names, either will give your child a great start in life."

As for gender, note that all the names that are in the top 10 are traditionally male names. That "reflects the gender bias still extant in the most successful areas of business today. " They add that, "naming conventions can vary significantly across different cultures and contexts." Find the full study via FATJOE here.

Selecting a baby name can be tough, especially with thousands of options available. Some parents stress over the lasting influence of their child's name, wanting to ensure a prosperous future. Trends in naming kids mirror shifting cultural norms and evolving ambitions for children.

Getting baby names right has taken on a new level of importance for expecting parents. In fact, TikTok has become a platform where creators gather substantial followings by discussing baby name trends and highlighting names to avoid due to their trendiness. They openly share names they considered but didn't use, along with names they'd rather not encounter again. TikTok's baby name inspiration videos now focus on various themes, including "old money" names such as Caroline, Elizabeth, and Charlotte, "main character" names like Blaze, Arrow, and Falcon, and "aesthetic" names like Rowan, Wren, and Atlas.

Celebrities are accustomed to unconventional names. Elon Musk, Tesla's CEO, and musician Grimes named their first child X Æ A-12, often called "X." Their second child is Exa Dark Sideræl. They also affectionately refer to their daughter as Sailor Mars, inspired by the "Sailor Moon" manga series.

Occasionally, parents opt to invent a name, a decision that carries some level of uncertainty. While they might create something distinctive and appealing, there's also a chance of the child being given a name perceived as peculiar by others. This situation arose for a baby, drawing significant attention on Reddit. The name of the child came to light through a thread titled, "The Most Unusual Name I've Encountered in Real Life."

It reads, "So my mother just told me the name of her ex’s child and my GOD is it a doozy. He and his wife named their daughter: Audtom. Because his name is Tom and her name is Audrey. I could not f---ing believe my ears."

Commenters had strong opinions, with many criticizing the name choice. Others suggested more seamless ways to combine the parents' names, including one person who wrote, "Assuming this is pronounced 'Autumn' and not 'Odd-Tom,' would it have killed them to just spell it Autom?"

Another person suggested, "Not me thinking 'Tomrey' would be better," and another joked, "They missed an opportunity: 'Tawdry.'”

Redditors even came up with baby names that they considered to be the worst. Take a look at some of these names below.

"When I was a kid I stayed at a bed & breakfast with family photos on the walls," one user wrote. "There was a sister named Gridget. I actually think about this a lot." It's kind of like a spin on the name Bridget. This Redditor seems really stuck on the name they found.

This unique name caught this person off guard. They even tried to figure it out by mixing it with other names. "I once saw a baby announcement where the mom was named Shannon, the dad was Daniel, and they named the baby Shanniel," they wrote.

Sometimes people just go with the flow when picking a name for their kid. Maybe it felt right at the time, and they didn't even realize it's also the name of a condition. While working at a gas station, this Reddit user observed a mother who let her child run around wild. They wrote "One small girl was pushing on a display stand and the mother screamed: ‘DYSLEXIA GET YO A-- OVER HERE!"

Back in school on the playground, this person probably had a rough time. This is particularly true because their name coincidentally rhymes with a sexually transmitted disease. Nevertheless, a user pointed out that it's a clever fusion of two names. "Donnaria. A combination of her Mom's name (Donna) and Grandma's name (Gloria)," they wrote.

Bacardi, Hennessy, Tanqueray, Alizé – the names keep coming. It turns out a Redditor, who happened to work in children and family services, encountered kids with names inspired by alcoholic beverages almost every day. "You don't know how bad it really gets. Lots of kids named after alcoholic beverages."