Disproportionately Common Names by Profession

Re:Disproportionately Common Names by Profession by logn on Tuesday January 13, 2015 @11:18AM (#8880724)

Not sure I trust the results. For guitarists they list: Mick, Richie, Trey, Sonny, Buddy, Eddie. That correlates strongly with famous musician names (Mick Jagger, Lionel Richie, Trey Anastasio, Sonny Rollins, Buddy Guy, Eddie Van Halen). Maybe kids are named after these legends and are pushed toward music, but maybe their software just counted a lot of duplicate mentions?

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Re:Disproportionately Common Names by Profession by toupeetape on Tuesday January 13, 2015 @11:43AM (#8880889)

In some of those cases, it could also partly be people adapting their names after those legends. For example, a budding guitarist called Michael who loves Mick Jagger choosing to go by the name of Mick. As Michael is a far more common name than Mick, it would only take a small proportion of 'Michael's to do that and suddenly 'Mick' makes the guitarist list.

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Re:Disproportionately Common Names by Profession by jiggy2011 on Tuesday January 13, 2015 @11:21AM (#8880743)

I don't know where their data is from, are these names taken from birth certificates? Maybe people are using psuedonames for their music careers?

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Re:Disproportionately Common Names by Profession by duaneb on Tuesday January 13, 2015 @04:21PM (#8882676)

Surely Buddy would refer to Buddy Holly, who predates the height of Guy's career, who died young in a plane crash.

Not that I don't love both.

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