Do you believe your given name influences who you are?

how exactly do you think that can actually influence yourself?

 

exactly

 

LOL. You guys aren't too bright, are you?

If you a boy growing up in rural America, you don't see how being named "Bob" would probably take you on a different path than being named "Sunflower"? Learn to think outside the box. Sam, Craig, Arnold, Milton... can't you see how the sounds/connotations associated with these names could shape your image of yourself?

 

It definitly influence who you are not.

 

Well.... I'm confused. But I do know that the definition of my name fits who I am...

Created in the 17th century by the playwright Colley Cibber, who based it on Latin amanda meaning "lovable".
http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?terms=Amanda&nmd=n&gender=both&operator=or

 

I believe that your name could not only change your life, but perhaps the entire world, although explaining how might be a bit difficult.

I remember reading a fictional short story early in high school in which a man travels backwards in time, knowing that if he changes anything it could have a negative effect on his world when he returns (i.e. grandfather paradox). The man accidentally steps on a butterfly in the past, and when he returns to the present, the alphabet is completely different and everything is spelled phonetically.

This illustrates my idea that one miniscule change to something could have an exponential effect on your life.

Perhaps I had been named Mike rather than Jon. This would inevitably cause me to think at least one different thought at one point in my life, thus changing everything that would have happened after that thought.

I'm terrible at explaining the randomness in my brain but...well maybe someone will understand me.

 

Yes, I definitely think it does.

I have a great example that I can draw from my own life. My name is technically "Anne" (Ann), but everyone calls me Annie. In business or professional situations, I will go by Anne. I think people give me more respect when I introduce myself that way and it makes me feel more mature to be called Anne. Whereas, in social situations, I will ALWAYS go by Annie...makes me feel more playful and makes me more personable to go by a less sophisticated name.

 

I think theres some sort of correlation but I wouldn't say theres causation. My name is Samuel. I've always associated the name Samuel with the idea of old Jewish intellectual men. And for a good time I guess I considered myself to be a younger version of them. I don't think this is because of the same per say but because it's what I thought society expected me to be based on the name. It's hard to know for sure.

 

My name apparently means 'A Charismatic Leader'.
I don't believe that name can determine a person though.
People in themselves change a lot in the course of growing up;
it would be only natural for someone's personality to contradict the name characteristic.

 

this is a good mind fuck
i don't know if i'd be different...yeah probably but to what extent i have no idea
the way my parents are, any name i would have been given would have made me not that much different than i am now..
the way i am now has alot to do with external componants, yeah i may have been treated differently by others, but probably not that different, the way i look would be the same, the way i intake information would be the same...i'd still be a dork..after all my name is jessie, technically not jessica, but thats one of those "popular" girl names...i wasn't popular...so yeah i doubt my name would have made that much of an impact...if it was something else i may have been even more of an outsider than i already was/am...i always wish i had a more interesting name though...jess is alright but kinda boring..
"a rose by any other name"...and all that jazz

 

Yess i think it does
my name is RAYMONDA and it means = ray: the god of the sun in ancient egypt
monda: the whole world
= god of the sun of the whole world
OH YEAH YOU KNOW HOW IT IS :H

 

For sure it does!

I don't know if the meaning behind your name influences who you are, but the name itself does.

My real name is kind of weird and spelt totally different to what you would think it would be so people are always mispronoucing and misspelling it. I really think that the fact that I have had to speak up and correct people on how to say/spell my name my whole life has made me more comfortable with speaking up when I have something to say.

Also the fact that it is a bit out there means, often, that people expect me to be a bit out there too - I guess they aren't often let down. I can be a little odd, or so I am told.

 

My name effects how some people (men) react towards me. I'm often asked if I have a 'secret'. Yeah baby...I'm impressed.

 

I don't know how my name has really changed anything. Allison- so blah. At least I was named after a character from Annie Hall.

However, I feel like people take me less seriously with my nickname- Allie. I go by Allie with most of my friends and even a few of my professors, but I get the feeling that the professors who call me Allie see me as "younger" than the ones who call me Allison.

My other nickname (and what I plan to change my name to) is the Spanish form of my name- Alicia. I prefer the name Alicia to Allison, and Alicia seems a bit more exotic and worldly.

 

im positive im quoting some one but if you name your kid geeves they are not going to be a cerial killer they will be a boutler or a guy who runs a slightly sucessful search engine