Mark and Elizabeth among top baby names destined to be billionaires

Choosing a name for your baby is one of the trickiest decisions a parent will have to make.

It's been said that the name you give your baby is associated with characteristics, behaviours, facial appearance and can even reflect the sort of life that they will lead.

Previous research has revealed names most likely to be a sport star and those likely to live the luckiest life.

Now, a new study has revealed the baby names most common among billionaires, in order to help parents-to-be set their children up for success.

The list is based on the site’s internal customer data, as well as external data such as the Sunday Times Rich List.

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To help parents-to-be choose a ‘billionaire’ name, HushHush.com analysed all of the available data, to highlight the names most common among billionaires and multi-millionaires around the world.

The top 10 billionaire baby names are:

Boys:

1. David

2. Alex

3. John/Jon

4. James

5. Mark

6. Jeffrey/ Jeff

7. Larry

8. Bill/ William

9. Rob/ Robert

10. Michael

Girls:

1. Elizabeth/Elisabeth

2. Jasmine

3. Ruth

4. Leonie

5. Sofia

6. Whitney

7. Zara

8. Rachel

9. Linda

10. Isabella

Aaron Harpin, founder of HushHush.com, said: "Picking a baby name has forever been a special and acutely traditional moment for parents all over the globe, and while we think tradition is very important, we also think that giving your baby a name that makes them statistically more likely to be successful is a kindness any child would wish for.

"There are roughly 2,000 billionaires in the world, and while many of their names vary, there are also a few that share a first name - and this, coupled with our own internal customer data, has allowed us to curate a list of the names most common amongst the very top level of the 1%.

"Of course, there’ll still be a lot of work to do once your baby is born, but using one of these names is certainly a start!"

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