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- A study from the 2000s led by US psychologist Jean Twenge, found that, even after controlling for family background and general dissatisfaction with life, people who didn't like their own name tended to have poorer psychological adjustment.
www.bbc.com/future/article/20210525-how-your-name-affects-your-personality
Accidental distortions are annoying, but mispronunciations and distortions of a name on purpose are sizable insults, especially if they result in unflattering puns. Martin Luther used this tactic to belittle one of his enemies, Dr. Eck, by purposely writing his name as Dreck, which means filth.
May 22, 2018 · What’s in a name? A lot, apparently. New research suggests that your first name shapes the way other people perceive your age, personality, and how good you are at your job – and the findings...
Not exactly bad, but Andrea means manly and I’d probably consider that as at least unflattering meaning of a woman’s name.
Oct 15, 2019 · The way others others treat us based on their expectations regarding our name also affect us as we will unconsciously try to live up to these expectations in a type of self-fulfilling prophecy.
Sep 17, 2019 · Bias is unfair prejudice or discrimination against someone based on an external factor like their skin colour, race, gender or religion. But one type of prejudice that is rarely spoken about is...
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Oct 3, 2015 · The arbitrariness of our designations for objects and creatures that - so far as we can tell - lack consciousness, don't tend to bother us. In their case "What's in a name?" seems...
