How Does Our Name End Up Affecting Our Lives?

[KSigkid]

Originally posted by sugar and spice
Some things that have been proven to screw you in the name department:
- as Lil Hannah said, having a trendy name that makes them think your parents were stupid
- having a name that sounds "foreign"
- having a name that sounds "black"
- having a name that sounds ugly (they did a beauty pageant where they told judges that some of the girls had names like Ethel, Gertrude, etc. -- then they re-staged the event and told the judges their names were Christie, Vanessa, etc. They received higher scores the second time.)
- if you are female, having a name that sounds ditzy -- if you're applying for an important job, grad school, things like that, they take you less seriously if your name is something like Tiffany or Amber or anything that sounds like a porn star

Honestly, our names affect people's perceptions of us far more than most people think.

Definitely - it's all part of the first impression, which when you're going on interviews and applying to schools can end up as the last impression.