These are the names of the women who were most likely to get engaged on Valentine’s Day
Have you ever wondered if your name had anything to do with when you might get engaged? It sounds farfetched, but what if the odds were in your favour? We already know the names of the women most likely to be millionaires, but what about wedding bells?
According to The Sun, the team at You & Your Wedding have apparently calculated not only the men who might be getting down on one knee, but the women who might end up saying yes. Sound ridiculous? We'll let you be the judge of that.
So how did they do it? Well, a team of researchers took the average age of UK brides and grooms when they get married, and then subtracted the average engagement time. Stay with us.
They then looked at the most common names from the year those people were born, which were 1980-1984. From this, they managed to get a list of people who in their opinion, were most likely to get engaged on Valentine's Day 2018.
Here are the women's names:
1. Sarah
2. Laura
3. Gemma
4. Emma
5. Rebecca
6. Claire
7. Victoria
8. Samantha
9. Rachel
10. Amy
11. Jennifer
12. Nicola
13. Katie
14. Lisa
15. Kelly
16. Natalie
17. Louise
18. Michelle
19. Hayley
20. Hannah
And the fellas who were going to do the asking:
1. Christopher
2. James
3. David
4. Daniel
5. Michael
6. Matthew
7. Andrew
8. Richard
9. Paul
10. Mark
11. Thomas
12. Adam
13. Robert
14. John
15. Lee
16. Benjamin
17. Steven
18. Jonathan
19. Craig
20. Nicholas
Now we know it totally depends on averages and that everyone does things at their own pace and in their own way, so take it as you will.
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