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Unconventional names and impact on how masculine/feminine a person feels?
Someone linked this story to me
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=550149&in_page_id=1770
Part of it said –
Albert Mehrabian, a psychology professor at the University of California who has researched the impact of irregular names, found in that “less attractive characteristics were attributed to individuals with less conventionally spelled names”.
Professor Mehrabian said: “Unconventional spelling connoted less masculinity for men and less femininity for women [and] more anxiety and neuroticism were attributed to those with less common names.”
Would you agree with this, or think it is possible. If so, why?
Yes, I’d definitely agree with this.
Check out the book “Freakonomics”. It has a *very* interesting section regarding baby names. It shows that what we name our children has a profound effect on their future and gives a glimpse into their lifestyle.
Good question 
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