# The sexiness of female names
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [September 20, 2003, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773 "2003-09-20T06:08:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Standup\_Karmic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Standup_Karmic)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2003, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/1 "2003-09-20T06:08:33Z")
Some female names just tend to suggest a very attractive and sexy woman to me. My favorites:
Sarah
Hannah
Jenny
Sandra
Angela
Guys, what female names suggest sexiness to you?
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### Author:  [@RawkStah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RawkStah)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2003, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/2 "2003-09-20T07:30:26Z")
Damn – you took Hannah.
I’m also fond of Alex.
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### Author:  [@non-native](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/non-native)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2003, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/3 "2003-09-20T07:47:13Z")
I tend to like names that begin with K, like Katherine (Katie), Kirsten, etc.
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### Author:  [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2003, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/4 "2003-09-20T12:01:15Z")
When I was a kid, there were hardly any “Sarahs.” I knew two, and both were Black. Same with the name “Maggie.” Every Maggie I had ever known during school years was Black. So, I came to think of both names as being predominantly “Black” names. I was in my 20s before I knew any White Sarahs. (OK, I lived in a small community, and the ratios in school were about 70/30 B/W.)
Now, though, (as someone who eats out a lot), about every third waitress that waits on me is named “Sarah.”
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### Author:  [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2003, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/5 "2003-09-20T12:16:23Z")
To me Sarah and Jenny are just too commonplace to belong in a thread like this.
**Andrea**
**Felicity**
**Michelle**
**Svetlana**
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### Author:  [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2003, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/6 "2003-09-20T12:26:17Z")
I rather like the name Holly, and I’m not quite sure why.
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### Author:  [@pencilpusher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pencilpusher)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2003, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/7 "2003-09-20T12:31:00Z")
My hubby and I talked about this right before he left this morning and he LOVES the names
Melody
Arianna
Cathleene
Sheila
He also loves the fact that, in Austrailia, women are called Sheilas. That way when he says he loves Sheila he can be truthful no matter WHAT the name of the woman he’s with 😛 (helps him cover his backside too since thats MY name as well) 😃
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### Author:  [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2003, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/8 "2003-09-20T12:50:39Z")
I have to agree with the general fondness here for Sarah, Katherine, and Hannah.
But I also favor:
Jessica
Diana (not Diane)
Jill
Jacqueline
(hmm … wonder what’s up with all the _j_’s?)
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### Author:  [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2003, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/9 "2003-09-20T12:58:06Z")
One of Heinlein’s characters said that a feminine name ending in “a” always connoted at least a C cup.
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### Author:  [@obidiah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obidiah)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2003, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/10 "2003-09-20T14:12:51Z")
I love the name Veronika. Ah, Veronika. Mmmmmm. Veronika.
OK, I’ll stop now.
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### Author:  [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2003, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/11 "2003-09-20T14:46:44Z")
Uh. Veronica.
The only Veronica I’ve ever met was a middle-aged nun who taught English!
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### Author:  [@Standup\_Karmic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Standup_Karmic)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2003, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/12 "2003-09-20T15:55:03Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by bluecanary \*
> \*\*To me Sarah and Jenny are just too commonplace to belong in a thread like this.
You wouldn’t exempt “blonde” and “brunette” from sexiest hair color just because they are common. The preponderence of the moniker is irrelevent to its relative sexiness.
You can definitely add Jacqueline and Jessica to my list. I’ll also throw Laurel on there.
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### Author:  [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2003, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/13 "2003-09-20T16:50:13Z")
As Biblical names go, I like Vashti. Especially since she was all cool and disobedient to her husband.
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### Author:  [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2003, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/14 "2003-09-20T17:03:43Z")
All female names that begin with J.
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### Author:  [@Severian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Severian)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/15 "2003-09-20T18:05:22Z")
Dana
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### Author:  [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2003, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/16 "2003-09-20T18:16:09Z")
It seems to depend on what kind of people you knew who had those names when you were growing up.
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by peritrochoid \*
> \*\*(hmm … wonder what’s up with all the _j_’s?) \*\*
Julie
Sabrina, my first crush
Also anything that starts with a V does it for me.
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### Author:  [@severin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/severin)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/17 "2003-09-20T18:59:37Z")
Damn that’s funny, how different tastes are in here.
I agree with bluecanary Jenny and Sarah are common. I love names like Lorna, Vanessa, Megan. Irish/scottish probably find them commonplace…
I also like unique names like Severin 😉
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### Author:  [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/18 "2003-09-20T19:58:17Z")
I think your experiences undoubtably color your perception of a name’s sexiness.
Give me good old everyday
Karen
Angela
Debbie
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### Author:  [@Mr.Babbington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Babbington)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/19 "2003-09-20T20:08:22Z")
Amy
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### Author:  [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2003, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/20 "2003-09-20T20:20:53Z")
Sophia
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