British parents spend 30 million hours each year coming up with the most brilliant, clever, success-inducing baby names ever. Or, at least that's the goal of spending all that time discussing the merits of Ruby over Grace or Thomas over Oliver.
Individually, couples are spending 45 hours -- per child -- agonizing over what to name their progeny.
Seems people in the U.K. think a baby's name determines in no small part its bearer's destiny. Hence, the time, the agony.
From Yahoo!:
One in three parents believed the right name can give a
child confidence while up to two million thought it could help
their child's career prospects.
Here's what they've come up with: Ruby, Grace and Olivia are the top three names for girls; Jack, Thomas and Oliver are the top three names for boys. (They should really spend more time (or would it be less?) on the Babble Baby Namer.)
Photo: 1000topbabynames.com
