For example, I was doing research for a blog article and found a paper by a guy named Christian Messenger. That man was definitely destined for missionary work, but the paper was about football.
My father went to high school with someone whose last name was Butts. His parents named him Harold and called him, and thus his friends called him, Harry. I always kind of thought it was a tall tale until my father showed me his high school yearbook one day And there was a picture of Harry Butts.
I always kind of wanted to meet this man and his wife and ask her if he lived up to his name.
My daughter had to visit an allergist and his name was Dr. J. Doctor
That’s some Cannonball Run 2 naming convention right there.
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There’s the newspaper columnist with the world’s record highest IQ, Marilyn vos Savant. In French, you can read her name as “your (plural) scholar/scientist.” When I was a kid, I was sure that it was a pen name, but it turns out it’s actually her mother’s maiden name.
I saw it as a kid and I was like:
- taaaaacky, and
- what kind of last name is vos?
I think he retired during Covid, but a nearby lasik clinic was run by Dr. Biglaiser. I don’t see how that could have been his real name.
Lots of nominative determinism in this thread.
Had a religious studies teach called Mrs Holyland
There was a racing driver named Scott Speed. Unfortunately he’s got no speed.
That’s OK we still have Usain Bolt.
My husband’s vasectomy was performed by Dr. Wiener.
Was his first name Xavier? Dr. X Wiener?
Lol, that would be sweet. He apparently did not have a good sense of humor. My husband is an identical twin, and his brother got a vasectomy from Dr. Wiener a week prior. So my husband walks in and says “Don’t worry doc, you didn’t screw up, I’m just the twin.” The doctor barely looked up from his notes and said “I know.”
Up until a few years ago there was a local urologist named Richard Chop, and Dr. Peter Ruff is still seeing clients. Nominative determinism is a thing.
This is gonna sound fake, but I knew a butcher named Butch Pig. He was Butch before he was a butcher
And soon he will become butchest.
Dr Healey. Nice.
The pilot on my plane a few years back was named Max Power
If my pilots name was Max Power we could be flying upside down and I’d still trust him.
It’s the name you love to say.
I bet he got it from the hair dryer.
My japanese pilot was named Toga.
Did you arrive in record time?
But backwards?
I didn’t know that reference but this makes is so much better!
There’s a name for that; nominative determinism
I had to look up so.e examples using that, some of these are great!https://icon.ink/articles/nominative-determinism-examples-jobs/
Like Yo-Yo Ma, who goes back and forth on strings.
There is a doctor near us named Dr. Owi.
Went to high school with a girl named Amber Brown. And she was.
These are called “aptroynms” and Wikipedia has a great list of them and also inaptroyms. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym
See also: Nominative Determinism. If I remember correctly, there was a subreddit about this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism
Nominative determinism is the hypothesis that people tend to gravitate towards areas of work that fit their names. The term was first used in the magazine New Scientist in 1994, after the magazine’s humorous “Feedback” column noted several studies carried out by researchers with remarkably fitting surnames. These included a book on polar explorations by Daniel Snowman and an article on urology by researchers named Splatt and Weedon. These and other examples led to light-hearted speculation that some sort of psychological effect was at work.
There’s now a Lemmy community too: [email protected]
Yes, I’m searching through this thread for stuff to post there
