Person's name and psychological problems

Factual Questions
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Humm, I met a wacky Belinda as well! This must mean something!! (Well, unless we have a Belinda in common). :slight_smile:

Anyhoo - I have a totally rediculous name and I’m used as a “Normal Control” in psych studies all the time. I would have trouble believing that just an odd name could really correlate with any sort of meaning to clinical wackiness.

Finally, aasna, I think you’re mistaken. Increasing sample size will not create a correlation where previously there was none, it will just increase the accuracy of your conclusions as ** 12 parsecs** (or his wife) suggested.

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I do think parents should consider the impact on their childs mental health when they saddle them with unusual or simply outrageous names. I also think they should consider what a monogram would look like before naming their children. Two examples of names that were not fully thought out from my own experience are, Vera Dunlap,VD is not the best monogram for a child, Peter Paschal, PP, poor kids.

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But it makes for a cool nickname in high school (and a decent handle later in life).