# Cecil is not sexy! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 15, 2006, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748 "2006-08-15T01:18:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spongemom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Spongemom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spongemom)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/1 "2006-08-15T01:18:19Z")
Here’s [unsexy Cecil.](http://library.thinkquest.org/4626/sexy.htm) Are you sexy? I am. (Ashley) 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Alma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alma)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/2 "2006-08-15T01:52:06Z")
Apparently I am not. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/3 "2006-08-15T01:56:20Z")
I was sexy in the 1980’s but not any longer. At least my name isn’t Archibald. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/4 "2006-08-15T01:57:33Z")
I haven’t been sexy since Biblical times. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/5 "2006-08-15T02:00:52Z")
Apparently I am doubly sexy. First and Middle Name. James 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/6 "2006-08-15T02:04:19Z")
I don’t rate in either list. I guess that makes me thoroughly mediocre? ---
**Author:** ![Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Licentious_Ectomorph)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/7 "2006-08-15T02:07:14Z")
I am – but I knew that already. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/8 "2006-08-15T02:07:58Z")
Since when is “Susan” a sexy name? It’s so … saddle shoes and knee socks. And, no, my name isn’t on any of the lists. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/9 "2006-08-15T02:17:08Z")
Hey, my wife’s name is Susan! And she’s _definitely_ sexy. According to the lists, I’m sexy, and so is one of our three sons. Don’t think I’ll tell him, though. He’s only nine. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/10 "2006-08-15T02:18:01Z")
[QUOTE=JimSox5] I don’t rate in either list. I guess that makes me thoroughly mediocre? [/QUOTE] Jim isn’t short for James for you? Or not really a Jim? [QUOTE=twickster] Since when is “Susan” a sexy name? It’s so … saddle shoes and knee socks. And, no, my name isn’t on any of the lists. [/QUOTE] I don’t know my first girl friend was Susie and I thought the name and the girl were quite sexy. Of course I spent a month humming “Wake up little Susie” Jim, I mean James 🆒 ---
**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:** [August 15, 2006, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/11 "2006-08-15T02:22:34Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Since when is “Susan” a sexy name? It’s so … saddle shoes and knee socks. And, no, my name isn’t on any of the lists. [/QUOTE] Is there anything on earth sexier than saddleshoes and knee socks? (On both “sexy” lists–Yay, me!) ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/12 "2006-08-15T02:29:56Z")
My name didn’t make it, in any form… however, I find the lists a little… _boring_. They don’t evoke any “oooooh! That’s a beautiful name!” let alone “ooohh! That name is _sexy_!” Except my husband’s name, which is in the top five. However, I may be biased. 😛 I told him that looking at the names, they are so incredibly common. Everyone is bound to know at least five Shawn/Sean/Shauns, and one of them is probably sexy. So, well. There you go, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/13 "2006-08-15T02:30:22Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Jim isn’t short for James for you? Or not really a Jim? I don’t know my first girl friend was Susie and I thought the name and the girl were quite sexy. Of course I spent a month humming “Wake up little Susie” Jim, I mean James 🆒 [/QUOTE] Yeah, I’m not really a Jim nor James. In fact, the letter J never appears in my name. My name’s Aaron, which, while not as good as it could be, apparently isn’t all that terrible either. That’s okay, though. I kind of figured out my mediocre ratings in sexiness a long time ago. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/14 "2006-08-15T02:37:54Z")
I didn’t make the list, but two of my sisters(one of them spelled differently) and one brother did. S’okay, I like my name. -Lil ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/15 "2006-08-15T02:41:07Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Apparently I am doubly sexy. First and Middle Name. [/QUOTE] Same here! Although i’ve always thought both names were more boring than sexy. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/16 "2006-08-15T02:52:08Z")
[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold] Same here! Although i’ve always thought both names were more boring than sexy. [/QUOTE] I know the feeling, I would rather hear, "Damn it **Jim** , I’m a Doctor not a Mason” then “Fetch the car James”. I was surprised to see James, I never really liked the name. So I guess, I will just go back to: Jim 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/17 "2006-08-15T02:57:18Z")
SWEET! I wouldn’t at all think my name would place on a list like that – it’s not extremely common, but not quite unusual enough to be “exotic”. And no one ever spells it the right way – but there is is! I guess I’m a lot sexier than I thought I was. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/18 "2006-08-15T02:59:08Z")
Also, I think it’s funny that the top name on each list derives from early Christianity. Culture’s great. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/19 "2006-08-15T03:03:47Z")
Another double-sexy-named one here – Paul Michael. Funny thing is, Ananova ran a story a few years ago about a study that determined that “Men named Paul were likely to be ugly”. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/20 "2006-08-15T03:06:56Z")
Boo-ya! I made it and both of my kids did also. 🆒 Wife didn’t :dubious: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748.md?page=2)