I reasonly visit one of my friend.She have a kid who's 2yrs+.Her named is (winner)as converted to english.I play game with her.I was very shocked that she will do any things even cheating as to win the game.After she win,she will shout out her named (winner) loudly.And i never win any games.
It's true story that i have ever come across in my life.I was wonderly when she grow older will she do anythings good or evil just because her named is (winner)

Yep, I whole heartedly believe in mine !

I don't know that it effects a person character, other than what people perceive it to be, and how that effects it. If, par example, you call your child "Ugly Smelly Baby" (and lets face it, you'd have to be pretty cruel), then when a person has heard your name, they will react to you in a certain way. This may shape your character, in that you may become bitter, twisted and iscolated ... and probably want to change your name by Deed Pole. Same in the other way. If you're un/lucky enough to be called, I don't know "BabyLove", or something ... well, you'd probably be the same because after all, that is the name of Paris Hilton's puppy ....

I think though, people look like their name. In that I can look at someone and guess their name based on what they look like. Anyone else think that ...? No...?

Maybe it's just me o_O

One very strange thing i am unsure or shock ,why a 2yr+ baby is able to know how to cheat in order to get her desire to win the game?

Noone ever teaches her.I have asked her parents did they teach her.They say no?Her parents also suprise too from her cheating in order to win?

"The more u know the more u don't know about this strange world.Or the more knowledges u know the more....things u will realise that u don't know."

It's just like when u first step into a world and u think that u are the best and u know a lot of things.But more people u meet and more things u experience,learned..u become smaller and smallest.....goning to become (dot) like me.The dot is going to disappear or invisible soon

They've done studies on this already. Here's an article about this very subject on Dr. Spock's page. (He's a baby guy, not the guy from Star Trek.)

http://www.drspock.com/article/0,1510,6024,00.html

"You don't have to be running for office to wonder how your name might affect others' perceptions of you. In one widely quoted study in the Journal of Educational Psychology, experienced elementary school teachers were asked to grade a set of paragraphs written by 10th graders entitled "What I Did Last Sunday." Eight different paragraphs were used, all about average in quality. Attached to these essays were eight different names: Four--Karen, Lisa, David, and Michael--were rated as desirable by students and teachers; the other four--Bertha, Adelle, Hubert, and Elmer--were rated as undesirable. The names were attached to the papers at random so that, for example, one paper that was labeled as written by Adelle one time was attributed to Karen or Lisa at other times.

Bottom line? You've probably guessed it by now: Although the teachers were given identical papers, with only the names being different, they gave significantly higher grades to the papers "written" by the students with the desirable names.

Interestingly, when the same experiment was repeated with college students as the graders, the name effect did not occur. Whereas the teachers had built up stereotyped expectations about children's names, the college students--who had no teaching experience--did not have these expectations and so their grading was not biased."

I grew up with the name "Colleen" which no one else ever has. It made me feel unique. But at the same time I felt like I had a stupid name since no else had it. I think that did affect me in a small way. Sometimes I wish I had a more mainsteam name, but now that I'm older I like my name cause no else has it, ever.

I do that too and it really freaks people out. Just go up to them and say 'hi jack' and youve never met them before. Its gd fun to do aswell, just guess peoples names.

Lord I hope that a persons name doesn't affect a person's character. I work a hospital and have seen such names as Orangejello, Jalepeno, and even the famous Sh*thead (pronounced Sha-theed).

I think it does have an effect to a degree. People that are given names that are easily made fun of really have a tough go of it in the school age years...after getting picked on on a regular basis I can only imagine that there is a negative impact on a persons self esteem. I was blessed in that my last name is Victory, so it is a cool name that people didn't mess with; it was one less thing that I had to worry about in school. My best friend in school was not so lucky. His first name was Harold, but he went by Harry. His last name had been a Spanish name until his mom got remarried when he was 4 or 5 years old. His stepdads last name was Zipper...

I am not kidding; his name was Harry Zipper. Talk about being a lightening rod of ridicule; the poor guy was forever hearing the same lame jokes again and again. I would give him a gold medal if I could simply for the fact that he never pulled a Columbine on us. He was a little guy and picked on mercilessly; I had to get into a lot of fights to get people to leave him alone.

For the love of god, if you are going to name your children, don't pick a cutesy name like Apple or some such stupid name destined for ridicule...

I don't think names affect people's personalities. It's possible this kid just does anything to win because kids often only worry about winning. It's also possible that you never win any games because you are bad at them, or the people you play are better.



Very true, but the name is not affecting the child. The other children are.

I was actually given a respectable first name of Nicole when I was born, but unfortunately my parents shortened that down to the less respectable nick name of Nikki. I have to say, I KNOW people treat me differently when I introduce myself as Nicole. I'm given more respect, I'm treated more seriously, and people listen to me. When I use Nikki, I'm almost surely treated as a little feather headed, ditzy, and in fact a little like a floozie (thanks Prince and Purple Rain!). I don't know if this is because MY attitude changes by hearing my name, or if it's because of the name itself. I think it's a little of both. These days, I tend to just go by Nik.

My daughter was given the name Alexandra... it's a regal name. People have a tendency to bow and scrape to her a little bit I think. She comes off as silent but strong just as the name kind of suggests.

My niece on the other hand is Grace. I'll be darned if she didn't manifest her name in her actual physical being. She is probably the most coordinated 3 year old I've ever seen, but at the same time she's also very sweet.. just like her name suggests.

So yes, I do tend to think people take on the traits of their name... choosing names is important, I think it does rather have a big impact on how a person is percieved by others and how they perceive themselves.

If your name was Raven do you think you would be a goth?

Well, my best friends little girl's name is:::::: HEAVEN LEE
and I declare
Ironically, that is the worst hellion on the face of this entire earth.. I am completely serious about this. Here is just one little bitty example:::
That child at age four (4) slipped tacks into a little girl's cupcakes at her daycare because the little girl had "pertier shoeths!" (SHOES???) The child got choked on the friggin' cupcakes w/ the tacks stuck in them... Heaven Lee admitted it later that day while explaining her reasons why...... ugh!! little

She might not like it.
Have you ever think when she start school? (hey winner, i'm a loser ! )
Some names really affect the person so be careful when you named your kid.

My rotten rottwiellor's name is Damien {(devil dog for sure- YAH RIGHT!!)}.... the furocious rocken rotti...

Pulease!! He's such a wimp.



but I love him anyhoo--

I think that the name Colleen means "girl" in Irish, a unique name for sure. I think that names do influence how people may or may not relate to a person. My name, Theodore, is relatively unique, and I found that people usually reacted differently to different meanings and sounding of names.

... And even if you get the name wrong, it still freaks 'em out because they think ... well ... your a freak !

Everyones a winner

I've been told that your mother names you according to the vibrations she feels from you while you're in the womb. She may not "know" this, but supposedly this is mainly how we are named, except in the case of someone growing up saying they will name their first child 'such and such name' no matter what. Or if someone feels a great indebtedness or devotion to another and wants to give them a namesake.

Sometimes the father picks out the name, or a grandparent does, and then they may not receive the correct 'match' to their vibrations.