# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/21 "2006-08-15T03:13:00Z")
Both my real life name (Elizabeth) and my online name (Rhiannon) are on the top 20 sexiest names list. OMG! I am sexy times two! ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/22 "2006-08-15T04:32:38Z")
Zelda is a least sexy name? I never knew anyone with that name, but I grew up thinking of it as a stereotype name for a stripper. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/23 "2006-08-15T04:41:55Z")
Oh well, I don’t make any of the lists. But my wife is in the short list of Most Sexy Names. ---
**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, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/24 "2006-08-15T05:06:59Z")
I thought Zelda was a pretty standard “damsel in distress” name, thanks to the video games, which strikes me as sexy. Obviously these folks are lacking my all-important opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/25 "2006-08-15T05:40:44Z")
I’m sexy, not just in the first list but in the “other” part of the second list too. This list is very British. In America, Chad, Chase, Brad, Trent, Brett, Tyler, and Kyle would definitely be on it. [QUOTE=Tracy Lord] Also, I think it’s funny that the top name on each list derives from early Christianity. Culture’s great. [/QUOTE] The names are not in any order so “top name” doesn’t mean anything. ---
**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, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/26 "2006-08-15T05:52:20Z")
I know they aren’t ranked, it just strikes the eye that way. ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/27 "2006-08-15T06:13:40Z")
list from 1998 poll…hmmmm ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/28 "2006-08-15T06:38:31Z")
Woo! Sexy list. Because the internet never lies, I expect my harem to show up any day now, although I am puzzled as to why nobody has ever complimented me on my name and lasses are not throwing themselves at me. Soon though! My middle name is not on that website at all, but you can be assured that it an unsexy name. I don’t tell anyone it, but maybe they just _know_. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/29 "2006-08-15T07:17:20Z")
I have to ask - did they survey a bunch of 14-year-olds? I can’t escape the feeling that middle schoolers put this thing together. The unsexy list seems pretty on-target, but really, that’s easy. The 1980s male list, except for Clint, is made up of very popular names. (And I think Clint does belong there.) The female list has a lot of names that I think are pretty dull, and the modern list is worse - Sian, Paige, Romy and Jamie? That’s sexy? You have to be kidding. And for the guys, we get Joey, Jase and Bran (!!!). [Don’t get me started on the “also” list, with Remington, Roman and Foster.] I hope these people aren’t reproducing. My youngest brother would be happy to know he’s on the newer list. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/30 "2006-08-15T07:21:26Z")
And how did Gertrude not make the “unsexy” list? ---
**Author:** ![Noel\_Prosequi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@Noel\_Prosequi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noel_Prosequi)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/31 "2006-08-15T09:49:49Z")
[QUOTE=percypercy] 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 [/QUOTE] For some reason my wife (and large proportions of other women I know) think[this particular Percy](http://www.sporting-heroes.net/rugby-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=2095) is fairly sexy. (And no, this is not a NSFW, Barry Humphries use of the word “Percy”) I don’t get it, me. ---
**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, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/32 "2006-08-15T12:44:14Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] And for the guys, we get Joey, Jase and Bran (!!!). [Don’t get me started on the “also” list, with Remington, Roman and Foster.] I hope these people aren’t reproducing. [/QUOTE] ☹ My name is Brandon – though no one but my mother ever calls me “Bran.” I guess you’ll be happy to know I’m not reproducing. ---
**Author:** ![Pixisis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@Pixisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixisis)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/33 "2006-08-15T12:46:15Z")
not on either list. therefore, sexy but not too sexy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/34 "2006-08-15T12:49:42Z")
Yay! I fall under “More Sexy Female Names” but it looks like I’m going to have to change the way I spell it. Nah, I’m sexy enough as is - I don’t want to frighten men off by being _too_ sexy. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/35 "2006-08-15T12:51:20Z")
I’m too sexy for this message bo ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/36 "2006-08-15T14:51:11Z")
[QUOTE=Noel Prosequi] For some reason my wife (and large proportions of other women I know) think[this particular Percy](http://www.sporting-heroes.net/rugby-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=2095) is fairly sexy. [/QUOTE] I thought you were going to link to this [“Percy.”](http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/entertainment/music/robertplant_review.shtml) (Not a very good picture, but the best one I could find with the name “Percy” in the caption.) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/37 "2006-08-15T14:53:31Z")
Kelly, Liz, Buffy?? No offense to any such-named, but I think of them more as girl-next-door than sexy. I’ve noticed that my nickname (Gwen) is often used for sexy characters but it didn’t make the lists. ---
**Author:** ![Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dazzling_White_Diamonds)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/38 "2006-08-16T01:04:09Z")
I apparently have one of the sexiest names… Too bad I don’t have the looks to go with it. :o 😃 ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/39 "2006-08-16T01:21:42Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Since when is “Susan” a sexy name? It’s so … saddle shoes and knee socks. [/QUOTE] Hey! Watch it, Buster! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/40 "2006-08-16T01:26:44Z")
I am apparently neither sexy or unsexy. :dubious: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748.md?page=3)