Shorten Your Name to Make More Money

[The Straight Story]

The fewer the letters in a first name, the better, if the goal is to make more money.

That’s the finding of a new study by TheLadders, an online job-matching site that examined the names of six million of its members.

For every extra letter in a name, the cost in terms of annual salary could be $3,600.

TheLadders tested 24 pairs of names, such as Steve and Stephen, Bill and William, and Sara and Sarah, and found that in all but one case those with shorter names earned higher pay (The exception was Lawrence over Larry).

Other good money-making names to go with: Tom, Bob, Marc, Dana and Cindy.

http://www.allgov.com/news/unusual-news/shorten-your-name-to-make-more-money-130510?news=849980

[Cirque du So-What]

1. Call me Mo

as in 'mo' money'!

[Auggie]

3. How about "Q" ...

you can be rich and omnipotent ... as well as maker of spy gadgets.

[Cirque du So-What]

4. Sweet!

Not to mention the outRAGEous accent!

[BlueJazz]

2. Well...from now on call me X

[liberal N proud]

5. I must be an outlier, I have 4 letters in my first name and I don't see the dough rolling in.

[DotGone]

10. I have 4 letters in my entire name and I'm basically perpetually unemployed

[jberryhill]

6. So, being a Dick helps?

[Auggie]

9. LOL

[pokerfan]

7. 7

"It's not a name. It's a number."
"I know. It's Mickey Mantle's number. So not only is it an all-around beautiful name, it is also a living tribute!"

[tabbycat31]

8. Well I guess I was doomed from the start

8 letters in my first (and last name).

[BainsBane]

15. 9 in mine

This explains a lot.

[Tikki]

11. RoRu here...I'll take that in $20.00s please.

Tikki

[lumberjack_jeff]

12. Me Og. Give money or bash puny workers.

What kind name "Montgomery"? Hard to spell. Og fire.

[Elwood P Dowd]

13. The ideal would be for Sara Love to marry Bill Dick.

She would rake it in bigtime with the name Sara Love Dick.

[Bucky]

14. U Thant

Oops. Too soon?

[Initech]

16. Me Ug!!! Me want more money!!! Give me now!!!

[Matariki]

19. !!!!

[LeftInTX]

17. I've got 24 letters in my name

No wonder I'm broke!!!!!

[olddots]

18. This is good for celebrities and helps make celebrities

n.t.

[Quantess]

20. Anyone remember the motivational speaker Faith Popcorn?

She renamed herself Faith Popcorn because she wanted a memorable name. She had a point...

[Auggie]

21. Oh yeah. Popcorn was an ad agency creative director who went into behavioral consulting ...

She had some revolutionary insights and outlandish predictions which, helped with that bizarre name, got her instant recognition by the ad and marketing industries. She's still at it, BTW.