Does the name you have effect your personality?
Many of you might be thinking the answer is blatantly obvious, that yes, of course, names influence personalty, but does it really? Is it solely the name which you’ve been given that determines your personality, or is it the society that you grew up in?Take, for instance, a very unique name mixed with a very unique girl; the name clearly embodies the girl’s personality. Anyone that meets her would not be surprised in the least that this name was given to this girl. That her personality mirrored the true aspects and uniqueness of her name.What about a more common name for a more common boy? The boy goes throughout life not pushing too hard on both the law or society. He is normal and has a very normal name. His personality, like the unique girl’s, fits so perfectly with his name that it’s no wonder he has that common name.Plus, when meeting a person, usually the name of the person fits that personality and appearance. The name truly embodies the person who possesses it.But what about people with names that really don’t fit them physically or emotionally? If the idea of the name affecting the personality was true, why isn’t this sort of person also affected by their name?When picking names, what’s the most important part of the process? The parents. This may seem a bit shallow, as the name is made for the child, but it’s true. A parent isn’t going to name their child something they consider “unattractive” or downright “unfit.”Therefore, the parents are picking a name they find personally attractive. It not only embodies their ideology of a perfect child, but it fits their family.Children grow up creating their personality, true, but parents have a huge impact on the person their child becomes. Because of this, the child may be similar to their parents and this causes the name of the person to fit “perfectly.” A unique mother picking a unique name for her child will more than likely create a unique girl, not because of the name but because the mother.Of course, not all children end up like their parents. Wouldn’t this then explain the name not fitting the child? If the personality of both of the parents and child are extremely different, the name might not necessarily fit the child.So, do names affect your personalty? Perhaps, but more than likely not. More than likely, it’s because of the family, not the name, that helps create the personality of the child.Thanks®
Do you think people 'grow' into their names?
My name is Aureen, and yes, I think my name affected some parts of who I am. My name was found in a Gaelic book and was the name of the queen of the fairies. From the time I learned that as a little girl, I began to develop an attraction to fantasy and all that it entails. I loved Tinker Bell or any story having to do with fairies. Even now I love the fantastical sides to life and sometimes wish for times long past. Since I never met anyone with my name it always made me feel "different" which was both good and bad. I've always enjoyed having a unique name, though. My middle name is much more common (Mary), and I'm certain that I would have grown to be a different person going by that name. I suppose I'll never know exaxtly how it would have affected me, though. :)
Does your name affect your personality?
Growing up, I hated my name. Still not fond of it. It was always misspelled, mispronounced, and I always had to hear the stupid "Don't squeeze the Charmin" line when I was introduced to someone new. I could never get any of those personalized necklaces, pens, notepads, etc with my name on them, didn't exist, and it didn't fit in those stupid test sheets where you had to fill in your name (they only had 8 spaces). And people always shortened it to Char. I hate being called Char even more than I hated being called Charmaine. Only one good point. There was a song, even spelled the name. An old song, but a song, none the less. As a result, I was very careful when choosing my daughter's name. I wanted it to be beautiful, and unique, but not freakish, just not common. I knew that it would be the first gift I ever gave her. Apparently I chose correctly. She really does love her name, will not allow anyone (not even me) to shorten it or use a nickname. Does it affect us, I don't know. I do know I had a lot of stress over my name.
How much would changing my name affect my life?
A2A.It depends on for what purpose you’re changing your name. Changing your name can be a complete overhaul and change the way you think of yourself, or it could just be a sort of casual affair for if you want a change of pace.For me, this is something I considered. I’ll be attending university soon, and I wanted the chance to reinvent myself, to cut away the parts I didn’t like. I thought that changing my name would be a good way to do this, as I could consider myself a “new” person, so that instead of Brandon, I would be living the life of this “other” guy. I believe that this works well for me as I enjoy playing parts and acting, so it would just be an extension of that, in creating a new persona for myself to “act” out.If you aren’t so inclined, I don’t know how much it would affect you. If you have the capacity to imagine and think of yourself differently, it might change you considerably, for better or for worse. For those around you, if they didn’t know you before you changed your name, the effect would be minimal (this is assuming that you changed your name to something reasonable). If they did, they might interpret this as a “new you”, as you might, or they might ignore it entirely. Lots of mights, here.If you’re doing it to reinvent yourself, I say go ahead. More power to you. What’s the worst that could happen?
Do you think changing your name can change your life?
Recognize this girl?Her name is Chloe Bennet. She’s a semi-famous American actress who’s gotten pretty big roles in the last few years. You might have seen her in shows like “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” and “Nashville.”But when Chloe first began trying to become an actress in 2010, she wasn’t booking flashy TV shows.In fact, soon after moving to the bright lights of Los Angeles, Chloe found herself struggling to find work. She went to what felt like hundreds of auditions across the city, standing in long lines with other girls just like her, hoping for her big break.But no one seemed to be willing to hire her. The casting studios would look her up and down when she walked into the room, listen to her audition, and politely thank her for her time.And she would never hear from them again.For months this happened. By the end of the second year, struggling to pay rent and running out of options, Chloe began to wonder what she was doing wrong.Finally, she began to suspect it was because of her last name. The last name she was born with.Wang.Chloe Wang with her father as a childChloe is biracial. Her father is Chinese, and her mother is White.Therefore, when Chloe Wang walked into casting studios, Hollywood heard her name and immediately pegged her as Asian. Meaning she was a “type,” and not a type meant for leading roles. Or, really, much of any roles at all.So Chloe Wang decided to whiten herself. She changed her last name to Bennet.And with her very American, very white-sounding name, she walked into her next audition passing as a white woman.And guess what? Chloe got the part. A part in a TV show that ended up being hugely successful, and catapulted her into the booming acting career she enjoys today.Chloe Bennet on Jimmy Kimmel Live!Although Chloe did change her last name, she fully embraces her Asian heritage, and has actually used her platform to bring attention to race issues in Hollywood.The question remains, however, if actors of color will continue to feel pressure to whiten themselves as we move into the future.I guess we’ll have to find out.Image Source 1Image Source 2Image Source 3
Can names influence someones life?
The theory of Nominative Determinism certainly maintains that names have some degree of influence over a person's life, although as the article notes, part of that stems from ancient culture where people born into certain families would necessarily adopt that family's profession or trade (think Smith, etc.)There have also been many pop-culture "studies" to determine whether certain outcomes stem from names, e.g. Most Popular Names for CEOs. However many of these make the common logical fallacy of confusing correlation with causation.I recently went through the exercise of coming up with a name for my child, and certainly, lots of friends had advice along the lines of "don't name him
Does changing my name affects my personality, talents or fate?
Let me start by re-stating your question: “Does changing my name affects my personality, talents or fate?”Sure. The Personality will change with the name change. Actually your name creates the following CORE Numbers:Expression Number: Which is much like your life-long goal. The description of Expression Number tells you what must be your life-long goals. Every action you take must further this life-long goal. So obviously changing this number would automatically change your direction of life.Heart’s Desire: The total of vowels in your name give you your Heart’s Desire number. As the name suggests, it tell you about what you would like to DO and BE. Any change in this number would automatically change what you would like to DO and BE.However, remember that your talents are defined by the DOB. It remains unchanged. The kind of opportunities and challenges (and only those) that you will meet in your life is defined by your DOB and it remains unchanged.What is most important is to first understand your in-born talents, your only opportunities and challenges that are conveyed by your DOB. Then create or alter your NAME that will make you FULLY READY to make the maximum use of the OPPORTUNITIES and to convert the CHALLENGES into STRENGTHS. This will help you experience the SUCCESS in your life.In my experience, you will meet the numerologist; take his suggestions and implement the remedies only when it is already written in your FATE. For example; while over 15000 people world-over have benefited from my consultation; some of my own siblings and classmates have never bothered to ask my guidance. :)I hope this brings more clarity on this topic.RegardsGovind Valmikki ShandilyaBangalore. INDIA
How much do our names define us? Has your name shaped your life in some way?
My mom said my dad named me Carolyn while she was asleep. She was planning on naming me Isabella (if I remember correctly). Growing up I didn't like my name and I complained, which probably hurt my dads feelings although he would never admit it. The name sounded so out of the ordinary for me and I was really into being ordinary (eye roll). I especially hated when people called me Caroline or Carolina (which are NOT my name). The name Carolyn originated from Caroline and Charles. Charles means “free man”. I'd like to think my name shaped me a little into the person I am today. The name is manly, which I sometimes associate myself with. Although I am emotional, I am not as emotional as the girls around me. I also feel like a leader most of the time. Not saying that these things are associated with being male but in the origin of the name they make sense. I now appreciate my name a lot. Although sometimes I stop and think about how my name seems so detached from me as a person and I almost have to remind myself that I am named Carolyn. It's a crazy ride I've been on with my name. But all in all I am Carolyn.
In what ways has changing your name changed your life?
As someone else said, it depends on your reasons for the change.I truly hated myself and my image of myself as a child and teen. When I was 20 I moved away from my hometown and realized I could "recreate" myself in the move to a place where no one knew me, and it would begin with changing my name. I essentially erased my previous name and life and image (in my head) of who I was with that name change. This would have been difficult to do in my town where everyone knew me by the old name.I love my new name and even choose to celebrate the anniversary of the date of that change (court date it became official) as my "birthday." Legally I have to use the original date of birth but everyone else in my life (outside family) only know the date I celebrate. It was hard for my family, especially my parents, to transition. But I live far from them so I wasn't much impacted by this disapproval. My mother particularly was upset with me, telling me how important my name was to them, and how much time and effort they had put into choosing it. What she couldn't conceive was that didn't change my feeling about it at all and forcing me to retain that name would be forcing me to live with that profound discomfort forever. I made that change 35 years ago and I still cringe to say the name I had as a child. It was never going to make me feel loved or special. My mother eventually came around, it took a while. I still can't convince her to let my date of birth to pass. Telling my parents I don't celebrate it, or even that I HATE that day won't convince them to let it be, but this is a small hiccup in the scheme of things.Changing my name and moving to a new location made a world of difference to me and how I see myself. The people I knew growing up had largely placed me in a small box that didn't fit at all, but I was unable to remove myself from that box until I went somewhere else. I've made plenty of mistakes in my life, but I'm no longer stuck in a stupid small box not of my choosing and I don't despise the person I am as I did before. A stronger person might have been able to make these changes without the lengths I used, but I'm so thankful I did. Changing my name was one of the best choices I've ever made.