If you're like me, when you get the list of classmates for your child's school year, it's a big deal. You look through it for anyone they might know, and then you look at the other children's names and start imagining the children to whom they belong.
Some names sound fun (Trixie, for example), and some sound like they belong to troublemakers (Harley, perhaps), and I wonder which ones will soon become names I hear each day as my children befriend them. Most of all, though, some names just sound smart. I imagine these kids being the brainy ones who will have their hands in the air with all the answers and soar to the top of the class.
Of course, I'm usually completely off base when I actually meet the children who are nothing like I imagined them based on their names alone. Still, names do deliver a first impression, whether on a preschool classroom roster or on a resume when looking for a job. If you want a smart-sounding name for your child, then here are 30 to consider.
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Girls
1. Josephine
2. Eleanor
3. Judith
4. Elizabeth
5. Constance
6. Martha
7. Laura
8. Barbara
9. Bryn
10. Nora
11. Olivia
12. Beatrice
13. Frances
14. Catherine
15. Alice
Boys
1. Arthur
2. Cornelius
3. Theodore
4. Walter
5. Clifford
6. Sebastian
7. David
8. Clinton
9. Rhodes
10. Stuart
11. Berkeley
12. Albert
13. Edwin
14. Conrad
15. Felix
What names would you add to this list?
