# Are female names beginning with "V" the sexiest? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 22, 2011, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-female-names-beginning-with-v-the-sexiest/600478 "2011-10-22T22:43:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-female-names-beginning-with-v-the-sexiest/600478/21 "2011-10-24T16:55:54Z")
Nope. But I once knew a Vanessa that was seriously hot. I like C- and K- names. Catherine, Kaitlin, Kristin, Kayla… ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-female-names-beginning-with-v-the-sexiest/600478/22 "2011-10-24T16:59:22Z")
Let me go ask my wife… Veronica says yes. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-female-names-beginning-with-v-the-sexiest/600478/23 "2011-10-24T17:10:48Z")
Vera is my old granny’s name. Not sexy. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-female-names-beginning-with-v-the-sexiest/600478/24 "2011-10-24T17:15:56Z")
My wife’s 94-year-old grandmother’s name is Vesta. In case you were thinking of asking, I do not find her sexy. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-female-names-beginning-with-v-the-sexiest/600478/25 "2011-10-25T06:55:56Z")
> [@K364](#): > > Is it much of a stretch to include Yvonne and Yvette? Yvonne and Yvette are interesting because they only exist at the extremes. If you have one of those names, you are either ridiculous hot, or 450 pounds. > [@Zsofia](#): > > Vera is my old granny’s name. Not sexy. Also of my very favorite gun. Vanessa is pretty awesome. I can’t remember a bad looking Vanessa. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-female-names-beginning-with-v-the-sexiest/600478/26 "2011-10-26T03:16:56Z")
Female names beginning with J are definitely the sexiest. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-female-names-beginning-with-v-the-sexiest/600478/27 "2011-10-26T03:19:12Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > My girlfriend’s name is (a variant of) Venus. I concur with the OP. Except, that also sounds a lot like “penis”. You may need to really think about why you like the name so much. Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-female-names-beginning-with-v-the-sexiest/600478/28 "2011-10-26T03:35:18Z")
It’s “s-a” that names do it for me. Vanessa, yes, but also Lisa, Sara, Melissa, Alyssa, Larissa…_(sigh)_ ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-female-names-beginning-with-v-the-sexiest/600478/29 "2011-10-26T03:37:43Z")
> [@jabiru](#): > > Female names beginning with J are definitely the sexiest. Ok, that’d be my other pick. Jessica, Jane, Julie, Jenny…heck, I even like old-school names like Janice and Joan. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-female-names-beginning-with-v-the-sexiest/600478/30 "2011-10-26T12:00:34Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > No, “Debbie” is the hottest female name. Oddly, I cannot recall I ever met anyone named “Debbie.” You and the OP need to go to a Bangles concert together: [Vicki on lead guitar](http://www1.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Vicki+Peterson+Bangles+Play+Sydney+ZoIj6G6roMLl.jpg) [Debbie on drums](http://cache3.asset-cache.net/xc/83145925.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF8789215ABF3343C02EA5480B2D7E0EBD3B7766BF604531F0A98A23CFDD69C72FFC26B5E30A760B0D811297) ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-female-names-beginning-with-v-the-sexiest/600478/31 "2011-10-26T12:11:03Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > Valerie is also a guy’s name. A guy who gets the crap beaten out of him on a NYC schoolyard, maybe. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-female-names-beginning-with-v-the-sexiest/600478/32 "2011-10-26T13:06:52Z")
I was just looking at **Skald** ’s thread on “objective beauty,” and someone there (maybe the Rhymer himself) mentioned Cobie Smulders. That is a very sexy woman with a seriously unsexy name. I really do not get what initial letters have to do with sexiness, though. Is this some form of synesthesia that some of you guys have? Do you masturbate to scrabble tiles? ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-female-names-beginning-with-v-the-sexiest/600478/33 "2011-10-26T14:22:41Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > I really do not get what initial letters have to do with sexiness, though. Is this some form of synesthesia that some of you guys have? Do you masturbate to scrabble tiles? There may be no objective classification of sexy vs. non-sexy initials, but I think many people associate the sounds of words with intangibles that have no definitive connection to the word. I’m sure most poets would agree. Imagine you are a novelist. You are writing a character who is extremely sexy. You’re not going to name her “Cobie Smulders”, (unless a specific character trait is founded upon the incongruity or that the character defies expectations). You’re going to say to yourself, “Hmmm, she needs a sexy name. What names are sexy? What are the sexiest letters?” If you’re **Argent Towers** , you go with “V”. Of course, your mind may not work this way, and if it doesn’t then you’re just not going to get it. I was talking to a friend who is a comic. She had a joke that had a number as part of the punchline. Now, the actual number wasn’t important to the joke. She could have used any random number. The joke was pretty good, but it wasn’t going over all that well. I told her that the number she was using was “not a funny number”. She agreed and we worked together to come up with a funny number. Present at the table for this conversation was another friend- a person whose mind does “not work that way”. She couldn’t believe that we were having a serious conversation about what were and what were not “funny numbers”. She didn’t believe in the possibility that some numbers were funnier than others. She thought we were putting way too much into it and that the comic friend could go on using whatever number popped into her head during any performance. Well, the comic friend and I came up with a good number. She has committed to always using the number we decided on (or at least one that observes the Rules of Funny Numbers we established) . . . and the joke gets a _much_ better response. ---
**Author:** ![v\_ray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a3d4f5/32.png) [@v\_ray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/v_ray)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-female-names-beginning-with-v-the-sexiest/600478/34 "2011-11-18T22:42:54Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > As long as I can remember, I have always felt that the absolute sexiest female names were the ones beginning with the letter V. I think “Vanessa” is the sexiest name of all time, but most of the other V names, to me, ooze with sexuality: Veronica, Valerie, Vivian, and - last but not least - Victoria (Vicky). Is this because the “V” sound makes me subconsciously think of “vagina”? it shouldn’t be suprising then that vanessa is the female name that has the most sex [http://www.thefrisky.com/2011-02-17/which-names-get-laid-the-most/](http://www.thefrisky.com/2011-02-17/which-names-get-laid-the-most/) {fun fact, vanessa is the name for a species of butterfly. it’s also, thankfully, my name} [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-female-names-beginning-with-v-the-sexiest/600478.md?page=1)