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Originally posted by Peaches-n-Cream
I don't really get your point. Please clarify. Thanks.
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It's hard to explain. Your best bet is to read
The Name Game by Christopher P. Andersen (paperback, 254 pgs., 1977). He explains the "value" of certain names over another, rhythms that names should have, etc. I don't have it here (it's at my house), but it's one of the first books which goes into detail of which names tend to be "money" names, "fun or popular" names, and the not so good names.
I've spent over an hour trying to find a website based on those findings and haven't
really found one (that's free, anyhow). I know that one of the things said was that, even though O'Whatever and MacWhatever meant the same thing (son of Whatever), the Mac/McWhatever would probably make more money in the end than the O'Whatever. He then added what people tend to think of a first name to the last name for a value.
The author himself admits that he had changed his names.
Hope that helps!
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