2013 baby names

[melluransa]

I always find baby names interesting because it's a reflection of our cultural influences, and it's important. You're naming a human being. I've heard that people with weird or ugly names are more likely to be bullied and so on. Lately I even heard that people whose last names are at the end of the alphabet have lower self-esteem. Names are

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[zeph317toho]

I think it's so interesting, too! I read a study once about how names seemingly affect your future job earnings and job potential. From what I remember, those with really unusual names or those with truly strange spellings statistically made less money and had less higher education. Those with "old-fashioned" names tended to have more money and more education. The author pointed out that wasn't necessarily cause and effect since "wealthy" families were probably more likely to name their children classic names and they would already have the advantage of wealth to start with. But, they even followed some job applicants with similar schooling but different names and found those with strange or unusual names weren't hired as often. So weird

[melluransa]

That is weird! So many factors are involved. My brother's name is a classic one! In some cultures, children are named something like "Lucky sunrise" or something, and then their parents and everyone around them treat them as if they were truly a lucky sunrise or something... which causes the child to have characteristics, I guess. Or maybe those around the child perceive them as luckier or something. It's all so interesting! It's like with the classic old-fashioned names. If I met a man named Theodore or a woman named Margaret, I'd connect their names to traditional and wealthy professions or social circles or something

[kseenaa]

So what does that say about me and Peting, whose real names are Emma and Peter (short and very common in Sweden) that names our baby Alexandra (long and not quite as common in Sweden). :-)

[melluransa]

It's like 2+2=4. Your names are two syllables, and your daughter's name is 4. ^_^