Have you ever met someone named "Matt" and said, "Wow . . . what a beautiful name"? That's not a knock on Matts. I ask because it seriously might be the MOST beautiful name in the English language . . .
A baby website called My1stYears.com took 400 of the most popular baby names in the U.S., and had a linguistics expert whittle it down to the top 50 for boys and girls. But they didn't rank them yet.
To do that, they used data from a study in 2018 that looked at which types of sounds we find the most beautiful or pleasing.
According to the results, the most beautiful name for a boy is "Matthew" . . . and for girls, it's "Sophia."
The top ten for boys are:
Matthew
Julian
William
Isaiah
Leo
Levi
Joseph
Theo
Isaac
Samuel
The top ten for girls are:
Sophia
Zoe
Everly
Sophie
Riley
Ivy
Paisley
Willow
Ellie
Emily
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