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18th Aug 2015

If You Want Your Child To Be A Billionaire… This Is What You Should Name Them

It's all in a name...

Megan Cassidy

It’s all about the money, money, money… 

American business magazine Forbes recently listed 60 British billionaires, so of course people got to work dissecting what it takes to hit the jackpot.

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While hard graft and sacrifice are definitely up there, we love to examine the other factors that might increase our chances.

i100 have gone to the trouble of picking out the most common names on the list to determine which monikers are more likely to lend themselves to success.

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Of the list of 60, only eight names were repeated more than once, with no female names making the cut.

The name David occured five times, while Michael and Richard were joined in second place with four occurrences each.

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Here are the most popular first names of UK billionaires, in order.

David (5)

Michael (4)

Richard (4)

John (3)

James (2)

Ian (2)

Charles (2)

Mark (2)

It seems keeping it simple is the way to go! Maybe these parents should take note….