These boy names score 40 or lower on the cheerfulness dimension. Scores are based on US psychology research.
Names with low Cheerfulness scores sound more serious, formal, or understated. They lack the bouncy, playful quality of high-cheerfulness names, but that is not a weakness. Many classic and distinguished names fall into this range.
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Based on psychology research, the top boy names with low cheerfulness ratings include Waldo, Igor, Adolph, Horace, Winston. There are 304 names in this category, each rated across 5 perception dimensions.
Name Halo has 304 boy names with low cheerfulness ratings in our database. Each name is rated for success, warmth, morality, health, and cheerfulness based on US psychology research.
Names with low Cheerfulness scores (40 or lower out of 100) are perceived as less cheerful, playful, and friendly. These scores come from published psychology research on first impressions.
Name Halo's scores are derived from published psychology research by Dr. Albert Mehrabian at UCLA. Participants rated over 1,700 names across personality dimensions, producing consistent perception scores that reveal how names shape first impressions.