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Why Victoria Beckham's name meant she was always destined for stardom - and the peculiar similarities scientists say Ryan Giggs, Ryan Reynolds and Ryan Gosling share because of it
New research reveals that Victoria's Beckham's drive and determination to succeed could have been destined by her first name.
Women with the name Victoria were found to be ambitious, attractive, intelligent, over confident and competitive – all labels that have been used for Mrs Beckham – while those called Anna were discovered to be honest, reliable team players. With colleagues from Cologne University, she used artificial intelligence to check demographic and personality data from 4,000 adults for the study published in the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (CORR). Names used in the study were Anna, Emily, Julia, Katherine, Natalie, Rachel, Rebecca, Sarah, Samantha, Victoria, Christopher, Daniel, David, James, Joseph, Matthew, Michael, Nathan, Ryan, and Thomas.
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