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    Can the name of a person affect the way a person behaves or becomes?

    Question #126647. Asked by AskerOverLord. (Aug 21 12 9:52 PM)


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    		Yes. There are probably quite a few ways it does, but here's one: boys with girlish names tend to have more behavior issues around middle school.

    One explanation is that kids with more unusual names tend to get singled out and picked on more than average.

    http://www.livescience.com/6569-good-bad-baby-names-long-lasting-effects.html
    http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/edfp.2007.2.4.376

    Aug 21 12, 10:54 PM

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