LISTEN: Are some names sexier than others?

Your name has a significant influence on your life.

READ: 'Real Housewives of Pretoria' star and husband arrested for shoplifting

It is often the first thing people learn about you and can even impact how people perceive you.

Whether you attach a lot of meaning to your name or not, everyone has opinions on names.

LOOK: First luxury designer café opens doors in South Africa

Someone might not use a specific name for their child because it reminds them of someone with the same name they don't like.

Every year, we see lists of the "top baby names" that always feature something a little strange and don't get us started on celebrity baby names.

READ: Meghan Markle to join R30,000 ‘Girl’s Weekend’ Retreat during Australia visit

Throughout the world and in all languages, there are names that are beautiful, names that are weird, and names that are iconic.

But have you ever thought about hot or sexy names?

READ: Does your relationship pass the ‘777 Rule’?

There have been studies that have tried to find out whether names correlate with how much more people find you attractive.

Amy Perfors, a linguist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, US, did this by posting photos with fake names on the website 'Hot or Not', which allows viewers to rank strangers’ photos for attractiveness.

READ: Superstar singer makes brutal dig at her exes while performing

What she found was quite interesting:

• Men labelled with names including “front vowels,” such as the “aaa” sound in Matt, were rated as more attractive by website viewers.
• Photos labelled with “back vowel” names, such as the “aw” sound in Paul, received a lower rating.
• The opposite was true for women’s names.
• Men with too feminine names, those labelled with women’s names, were rated least attractive.
• Having a man’s name (such as Bob0 had no negative effect on a woman’s attractiveness.

However, a name can apparently only do so much.

READ: South Africans react to which provinces "acts mean/nice" meme

“An attractive person with a bad vowel name is still more attractive than an unattractive person with a good vowel name,” says Perfors.

Rob Forbes is not convinced and fully believes that there is no such thing as a sexy name, and these names just do not exist.

READ: "Producers are scared to talk and scared to speak out," says South African journalist

The team asked listeners if they believe there are "sexy names" and which names make the cut?

A Tinder-like dating app, The Grade, also conducted some research, and these were the hottest names ranked by the percentage of swipes each received, not by the number of swipes.

Women:

1. Brianna
2. Erika
3. Lexi
4. Brooke
5. Vanessa
6. April
7. Natalie
8. Jenna
9. Molly
10. Katie
11. Laura
12. Rebecca
13. Lindsey
14. Taylor
15. Aly

Men:

1. Brett
2. Tyler
3. Corey
4. Andy
5. Noah
6. Shane
7. Jeffrey
8. Rob
9. Frank
10. Jeff
11. Zack
12. Brandon
13. Nicholas
14. Greg
15. Zachary

Tune in to 'The Drive with Rob & Roz', on weekdays from 16:00 – 19:00. Stream the show live here or download our mobile app here.

Listen to Jacaranda FM: 

• 94.2
• Jacaranda FM App
• http://jacarandafm.com
• DStv 858/ OpenView 602

Follow us on social media:

• Facebook
• Twitter
• Instagram
• YouTube
• LinkedIn
• TikTok