Who needs a criminal-name generator if you’ve already been living with a lawless moniker your whole life?
Australian solicitors from Go To Court have taken scientific research into their own hands to find out if there is a connection between someone’s first name and the likelihood of them committing a crime.
Well, it seems there is…
As reported by The Courier Mail, the solicitors cross-referenced Australia’s most common names in the last 90 years against the 25,000 crimes found in the Australian CrimeNet database.
Reporting their findings on the (seriously addictive) interactive graph How Criminal Is Your Name, 500 of the most criminal names, along with the crimes most associated with each name, have been recorded.
Taking out the top spot is Leon, who, according to the graph, is most likely to commit an assault crime, while second-place Ivan is predicted to be tied up in drug offences.
Then there’s in-third-place Ali, who, like Leon, is linked to offences involving assaults.
Rounding out the top 10 were Gerald, Roy, Terrence, Albert, Danny, Frank and Frederick.
Criminal male names
Leon
Ivan
Ali
Gerald
Roy
Terrance
Albert
Danny
Frank
Frederick
Criminal female names
Robin
Kym
Nicole
Lee
Shannon
Raelene
Kerri
Tiffany
Sonya
Jean
Hilariously, linking names to societal types seems to be a seemingly fascinating research fad for Australian experts.
Following her 2016 ‘bogan’ baby-name wrap-up, bub-moniker expert Sabrina Rogers-Anderson is at again, this time collecting a bunch of new, unique did-they-call-their-child-that names bound to get Aussie parents talking.
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