Names! Does it affect you?

[Pamela]

Debate continues over the naming of children. Give the baby a simple,

unaffected name, say some, so the child won't be handicapped by

"being different." No, give the baby a distinctive name, say others, so

the child will learn to emphasize individuality.

What's your stand on this matter?

 

[DR. NOE]

Our names are extremely important. Your name is your life! It is how you identify yourself. It is how others identify you. The more insight you have into the powerful influence of your name, the greater opportunity to enjoy the success you are capable of achieving.

Mind and thought have their origin in an abstract plane of conscious intelligence, which comes into manifest form through the symbols of language. The brain is not the source of the mind, but merely the physical instrument of the mind. When a name is attached to an individual, certain specific forces of conscious intelligence are combined. They constitute the nucleus of the mind. The conscious forces combined by the name can be represented by a numerical formula in much the same way as the basic chemical elements combined in a chemical compound can be represented by a chemical formula, such as H2O for water. The mental characteristics of an individual can be read from the numerical formula representing the person's name just as the characteristics of a chemical compound can be read from its chemical formula. Regardless if you pick a simple or distinctive name, the baby name should harmonize with the child's inner potential.

 

[polarpixie]

I think it has a large effect on your life. It all comes down to perception. Look at how actors/actresses give themselves stage names. Or how writers use pen names, like J.K. Rowlings(Harry Potter) who chose to use her initials instead of her full name, sounds more serious than Joanne Kathleen Rowlings doesn't it? People have different perceptions of you simply based on your name, and since a large part of our self-identity is formed from the way others perceive you, names play a fairly large role in the formation of your self-identity starting early on in childhood.


Doesn't meant that it plays enough of a role to control anyone's life direction tho. After all, you can always change your name.

 

[VooDoo Lady]

OHHHHHH touchy subject with me.....my son is a 4th and he has a very unusual name that I am SURE will cause him to get teased when he is older.

We gave him a nickname that is totally unrelated to him real name and people look at me VERY funny when I tell them what his real name is....

My husband has a lot of pride in his name and the fact that he's a 3rd and our son is a 4th so I didn't even attempt to fight it...

But I DO worry about him getting teased, I was teased unmercifully in school for being fat and I worry almost on a daily basis about my son having to go through the same thing for a name that WE gave him...

 

[Pimp C2]

OHHHHHH touchy subject with me.....my son is a 4th and he has a very unusual name that I am SURE will cause him to get teased when he is older.

We gave him a nickname that is totally unrelated to him real name and people look at me VERY funny when I tell them what his real name is....

My husband has a lot of pride in his name and the fact that he's a 3rd and our son is a 4th so I didn't even attempt to fight it...

But I DO worry about him getting teased, I was teased unmercifully in school for being fat and I worry almost on a daily basis about my son having to go through the same thing for a name that WE gave him...

Whats the name? Sorry, inquiring minds want to know

 

[Captain_insano]

Hey Pamela what happened to your sexy Avatar? i used to make batches to it.

 

[casavant]

I've got a very strange name- I guarantee none of you would have heard it before- and usually I have to repeat it several times to anyone I meet. But I like it a lot, and wouldn't change it for the world. In the end, the person makes the name, the name doesn't make the person.

 

[Pamela]

Hey Pamela what happened to your sexy Avatar? i used to make batches to it.

Changing it all the time now...

I like you new one too!!

 

[theoak01]

when i goto class or anywhere that im meeting old people i get told i have a famous name (Robert Kennedy) but i wish my name was more original,something like tracer,a Masterbombadier at my work is named that and its fucking cool, to many people are named robert

 

[Citruscide]

I will probably want a name that has some meaning... named after relatives... and so on.

C

 

[MaGilicuti]

I have a weird name, but I am weird so it matches.

 

[MommaKin]

My children have different names.
I agree with casavant, the person makes the name, not the name a person.

 

[builtbc83]

dont have a simple name, but then again I just came up with a simple work around- shorten it, and use that instead unless your writing me a check or looking at my drivers license you NEVER use my 'real' name...

Bernie

 

[HighIntensity]

a lot of people love my name and says it suits me, I use to hate it. I wanted something bold and uniqe...starting to like what I have though.

But my little girl is so going to be named

Autumn

 

[Test boy]

I think an unusual name can have a dramatic affect on a personality.

I have an extremly famous name and I love it. Some people dislike it but you know what? I get off a little on a little adversity now and then. Helps keep me sharp.

If everyone approves...you are not doing anything.

 

[Taps]

I've met about a million people with who share my first name (or some variation of it).

Most everyone calls me by my last name tho, which is also fairly common. I actually prefer being addressed that way.

I was nicknamed "Ears"...for um, obvious reasons. Always pissed me off.

Anyway, I doubt names have that much inpact on one's personality. I can think of plenty of other reasons to hassle someone.

 

[naturally anabolic]

how about when your folks give you a foreign name....although i was considered at home when i was born....Cristoforo Giovanni

I got teased untill i americanized my name in 3rd grade to Christopher John

 

[Arioch]

It does not really seem to have an effect on people who come from a culture or tradition where names are sometimes changed based on unsual circumstances. People from this sort of culture may look upon a name that everyone uses to describe them as more of a title, or to simply get an idea of how they are perceived.

I agree that it is the person who makes the name.