Easy to Pronounce = Good Name?

General Name Discussion
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[name]Hi[/name]!

Does how easy we can pronounce a name affect how well we like a person?

I am doing a study, and hope you could help me by rating these names out of /7 for ease of pronunciation:
[name]Samuel[/name] /7
[name]Forbes[/name] /7
Xu /7
Hoxha /7
Deutsche /7
Cao /7
[name]Adams[/name] /7
[name]Kenyon[/name] /7
Khan /7
[name]Montgomery[/name] /7
[name]Rodriguez[/name] /7
[name]Benson[/name] /7
Guo /7
[name]Smith[/name] /7
[name]Nguyen[/name] /7

Where we have:
0 = Impossible to pronounce
1 = Extremely challenging
2 = Difficult
3 = Slightly hard
4 = Fairly easy
5 = Easy
6 = Very easy
7 = Easiest name to pronounce

Thank you for your participation!

  • [name]Moira[/name]
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[name]Samuel[/name] /6
[name]Forbes[/name] /6
Xu /2
Hoxha /2
Deutsche /2
Cao /2
[name]Adams[/name] /6
[name]Kenyon[/name] /6
Khan /3
[name]Montgomery[/name] /5
[name]Rodriguez[/name] /4
[name]Benson[/name] /6
Guo /1
[name]Smith[/name] /5
[name]Nguyen[/name] /1

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[name]Samuel[/name] 7/7
[name]Forbes[/name] 7/7
Xu 3/7
Hoxha 1/7
Deutsche 4/7
Cao 3/7
[name]Adams[/name] 7/7
[name]Kenyon[/name] 7/7
Khan 7/7
[name]Montgomery[/name] 7/7
[name]Rodriguez[/name] 7/7
[name]Benson[/name] 7/7
Guo 3/7
[name]Smith[/name] 7/7
[name]Nguyen[/name] 5/7

I may not be typical, because I do customer service and am more familiar with some uncommon names. [name]Nguyen[/name] is easy for me now, although in years past it may not have been. :>

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[name]Samuel[/name] 6
[name]Forbes[/name] 4
Xu 3
Hoxha 1
Deutsche 1
Cao 4
[name]Adams[/name] 6
[name]Kenyon[/name] 5
Khan 5
[name]Montgomery[/name] 6
[name]Rodriguez[/name] 5
[name]Benson[/name] 7
Guo 4
[name]Smith[/name] 7
[name]Nguyen[/name] 2

5

[name]Samuel[/name]/ 7
[name]Forbes[/name]/7
Xu/4
Hoxha/1
Deutsche/7
Cao/4
[name]Adams[/name]/7
[name]Kenyon[/name]/7
Khan/7
[name]Montgomery[/name]/ 7
[name]Rodriguez[/name]/ 7
[name]Benson[/name]/ 7
Guo/ 3
[name]Smith[/name]/7
[name]Nguyen[/name]/2

I may not be the average person as I have many Hispanic kids in my school and took a year of [name]German[/name].

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[name]Samuel[/name] 6/7
[name]Forbes[/name] 6/7
Xu 2/7
Hoxha 1/7
Deutsche 1/7
Cao 3/7
[name]Adams[/name] 6/7
[name]Kenyon[/name] 5/7
Khan 5/7
[name]Montgomery[/name] 6/7
[name]Rodriguez[/name] 6/7
[name]Benson[/name] 6/7
Guo 1/7
[name]Smith[/name] 7/7
[name]Nguyen[/name] 1/7