# The sexiness of female names **URL:** \ **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:** 2
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/21 "2003-09-20T22:23:30Z")
I dunno, I’m still hung up on Angela 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/22 "2003-09-20T23:02:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BrotherCadfael \* > \*\*One of Heinlein’s characters said that a feminine name ending in “a” always connoted at least a C cup. \*\* Which book was that? I love Heinlein. Got my screen name from one of his books, 'smattafact. I always wanted to be: Samantha or Melissa or Catherine ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/23 "2003-09-20T23:20:16Z")
Leslie Laura Lindsay Sarah And, of course, Bonanza Jellybean! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/24 "2003-09-20T23:27:43Z")
Theresa just sounds flat-out classy. And for some reason, _every_ woman I’ve ever met named “Julia”, with no exceptions, has been a remarkably cool and talented sort. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/25 "2003-09-20T23:47:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Maureen \* > \*\*Which book was that? I love Heinlein. Got my screen name from one of his books, 'smattafact. I always wanted to be: > Samantha > or > Melissa > or > Catherine \*\* Could it be “Friday”? Sounds like a line that would have been in that one. It’s been quite a while since I read any Heinlein. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/26 "2003-09-21T00:15:35Z")
The Japanese, or whoever does transaltions for Japanese hentai (sexy adult cartoons) have an obvious thing for the name “Maya” and variations on it, such as “Mia” and Mai." No, I don’t know why, but an awful lot of the leads in such cartoons are so named. ---
**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/27 "2003-09-21T00:27:56Z")
oooooh, yes, _Maya_! That name is smokin’, as are the women (well, woman) I’ve known with that name (as _Maia_). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Griffin)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/28 "2003-09-21T00:31:08Z")
Brian ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/29 "2003-09-21T00:36:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CanvasShoes \* > \*\*Could it be “Friday”? Sounds like a line that would have been in that one. It’s been quite a while since I read any Heinlein. \*\* It’s from Stranger in a Strange Land. From the mouth of good ol’ Jubal Harshaw. And about the sexiness of names - I think that the more “foreign” a name sounds, the sexier it seems. Maybe “Jenny” is as intriguing a name in Russia as “Ekaterina” is here. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Griffin)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/30 "2003-09-21T00:40:55Z")
Charlotte ---
**Author:** ![Ultraviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c77e96/32.png) [@Ultraviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ultraviolet)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/31 "2003-09-21T01:40:00Z")
I have to agree with the sexiness of female Russian names : Ekaterina Natasha Svetlana Nadia Ksenia Larisa Natalia Tatiana, etc. Of course, there are some that are really unsexy, too (Olga, Ludmila) ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/32 "2003-09-21T02:58:58Z")
**js\_africanus** , not only do you think my name is sexy, but you spelled it right. Thank you. Lindsay ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/33 "2003-09-21T04:07:08Z")
> [@](#): > > - > > Of course, there are some that are really unsexy, too (Olga, Ludmila) \*\* Olga actually sounds quite nice when said the way it is supposed to be pronounced, with the soft sign in the midde of the name. It’s as much fun to say as edelweiss. ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/34 "2003-09-21T04:13:31Z")
I agree about Natasha, Svetlana, and Tatiana. Well then how exactly do you pronounce the soft sound in the name Olga? ---
**Author:** ![KP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9adbd/32.png) [@KP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KP)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/35 "2003-09-21T04:30:37Z")
Leslie (I’ve been in longterm relationships with Leslies, based partly, at first, on their name, I’m afraid) Heather (and several other Gaelic female name - except Alison, due to painful associations) ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/36 "2003-09-21T04:57:42Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by non-native_ > > **I tend to like names that begin with K, like Katherine (Katie), Kirsten, etc.** ::: bats eyelashes as seductively as only someone as klutzy as I can and whispers ::: Howzabout Kimberly? 😉 Course, mine isn’t spelled that way, but you get the gist. ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/37 "2003-09-21T05:22:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mirror Image egamI rorriM \* > \*\ ***js\_africanus** , not only do you think my name is sexy, but you spelled it right. Thank you. > > Lindsay \*\* My pleasure. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/38 "2003-09-21T06:22:02Z")
years of research have led me to conclude that the sexiest female names are Lindsey Nicole and Valerie I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that I have dated or are dating someone with each of those names. And if by some chance you’re reading this, Lindsey, your name is far sexier than the other two. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/39 "2003-09-21T06:57:02Z")
Amber Ashley Abigail / Gail Jennifer Sonia Sally Elisa / Elise / Eliza Ellen Helena Heidi Kirsten Katarina Kate / Katie Tatiana Lindsey Donna Christina Brigitte Adrianna / Adrienne Julie / Julia Victoria / Vicky and especially Susan ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773/40 "2003-09-21T07:26:33Z")
What Claire isn’t sexy? _sighs_ Maybe I should change my name… Of late I’ve become extremely partial to Amara and Siobhan but then if I have a girl I’m going to name my daughter them! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-female-names/202773.md?page=3)