They say "a rose by any other name would smell as sweet" - but would it really? Imagine telling a friend about the lovely bouquet of dungbuckets someone gave you!
Psychologists have shown that person's name can affect many aspects of their life, even the careers people choose.
Casler (1975) compiled a list of over 200 academic staff working in areas associated with their surname. For example he found a Relationship Counsellor called "Breedlove", a tax expert called "Due" and a psychologist interested in parental pressure called "Mumpower"!
In the 1990s New Scientist magazine asked readers to send examples in and among the names submitted were Miss Beat and Miss Sharp (music teachers), employees of the meteorological office called Flood, Frost, Thundercliffe and Weatherall.
In addition they were told of a sex therapist called Lust, a pneumonia expert called Peter Atchoo, a company of lawyers called Lawless and Lynch and the head of a psychiatric hospital Dr. McNutt.
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