Are there any names you are bias towards

Whether positively or negatively?

I know this is an "astrology" board, but there's so much pigeon-holing based on signs, I figure it must exist in other areas of life too..

So - when you meet new people with a certain name, does it colour your initial impression of them based on past experiences with people of the same name?

I have very good associations, thanks to past experiences, with the male name Jason.

I know not to trust that everyone with the name Jason is like the Jasons I've known, but my immediate reaction to the name is positive. At one time I had a list of male and female names ready in case I ever had children, and Jason was on the male list.

No bias.

But I have this thing where people with the same name...have a simillar vibe to me,

I also have two male friends whom I cannot call by their name because their face expresses a different name to me. One of them told me everyone uses the same name I imagined for him...and he has no idea why.

With my first name, all the women I know with that name are fire moons lol.

With my middle name, I barely meet any with it...despite being way more common.

And my last name...well that's just lionhearted.

Every Erin I have met have been total bitches... So when the name Erin comes up it immediately registers a red flag. Lol I'm not joking every Erin.

Kassandra is another name I try to avoid... My ex cappy is a Kassandra lol I let that one slide because I fell in love with her at first sight. Lol

I like people with weird names.

I tend to forget the normal ones.

Nomen omen.

I really believe, for some misterious reasons, a beautiful name gives you the edge; for instance a woman with a classy name is most likely to be classy, don't know why but that happens, very often.

Same goes for men.

Posted by FrenchKpricorn
every alexandre i met are pretentious and weak

That's a distinguished name, a very good indicator of a charismatic person.

...and I also bet this is your twisted way of saying Alexandre it's your name. Right?

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every andalusia i met were hot asf

Lol!

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every alexandre i met are pretentious and weak

That's a distinguished name, a very good indicator of a charismatic person.

...and I also bet this is your twisted way of saying Alexandre it's your name. Right?

no, but i bet you have spanish or portuguese origins and you know some "alexandro",

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We're neighbours (Italian) and I obviously know many Alessandro although is not a common name here.

It's a name I like in most languages despite not liking the Spanish version (Alejandro) because the sound is not as strong. I always have a instant sense of respect when I meet someone with that name.

Posted by METANOIA
no that seems dumb

No bias, but a "pattern" behind certain names is undeniable.

The sound says everything.

Posted by Damnata
No bias.

But I have this thing where people with the same name...have a simillar vibe to me,

I also have two male friends whom I cannot call by their name because their face expresses a different name to me. One of them told me everyone uses the same name I imagined for him...and he has no idea why.

With my first name, all the women I know with that name are fire moons lol.

With my middle name, I barely meet any with it...despite being way more common.

And my last name...well that's just lionhearted.

I love your full name, Paula the Koala

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Posted by Damnata
No bias.

But I have this thing where people with the same name...have a simillar vibe to me,

I also have two male friends whom I cannot call by their name because their face expresses a different name to me. One of them told me everyone uses the same name I imagined for him...and he has no idea why.

With my first name, all the women I know with that name are fire moons lol.

With my middle name, I barely meet any with it...despite being way more common.

And my last name...well that's just lionhearted.

I love your full name, Paula the Koala

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Oh God that song...

Posted by elllesque
My name is traditionally a man's name.

You're tough, it makes perfect sense.

I love Alessandro and Mateo...both are my cousins' names and they live in Italy.

Both are names that have a Romanian correspondent.

My first name doesn't have a twin name in another language (although it apparently derives from Greek). Wish at least one of my two names would have at least an English twin name but...my parents had to go and make it different. *shakes fists at sky*

In a normal world at least one of my two names would have been Alessandra or something like it since I'm born on Saint Alexander's day.

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My name is traditionally a man's name.

I hated it throughout my childhood. Endured a lot of teasing.

However, now it comes in handy......

The look on some people's face when I enter a room.....and they are expecting a man simply based on my name.

Priceless entertainment. 😄

Paul/Camille ?

no 🙂

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Why are you lying, Paul?

Hyphenkemberely
Unique
Treblinka(!)
Antwan
Keith

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Posted by elllesque
My name is traditionally a man's name.

I hated it throughout my childhood. Endured a lot of teasing.

However, now it comes in handy......

The look on some people's face when I enter a room.....and they are expecting a man simply based on my name.

Priceless entertainment. 😄

steve?

lol...nope

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in all fairness i only heard the diminutive of your name before used for a man.

Andrea is probably the sexiest man's name ever for women.

If your name is Chiquita, I will automatically assume you're a banana.

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My name is traditionally a man's name.

I hated it throughout my childhood. Endured a lot of teasing.

However, now it comes in handy......

The look on some people's face when I enter a room.....and they are expecting a man simply based on my name.

Priceless entertainment. 😄

steve?

lol...nope

in all fairness i only heard the diminutive of your name before used for a man.

I was actually named after my father but it was spelled like a female tv character my mother liked (she's a gemini 😛)

My mother tried to spell it so it was girly but that didn't hep much.

I even dropped the 'E" to make it even more girly and that didn't help either.....and eventually just looked juvenile as I got older.....so, I changed it back.

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My only solace in this life is that I realized you can pronounce my name in English if you join two animals from the jungle book and change the first consonant. But at least it sounds like it should.

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Andrea is probably the sexiest man's name ever for women.

that was my pen name when I was writing romance shorts for women under an assumed female name.

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lol, tiziana.

tiz's name is the definition of "old money dog" imo.

Posted by Palerio
Andrea is probably the sexiest man's name ever for women.

We know one. Some call her Android.

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Andrea is probably the sexiest man's name ever for women.

that was my pen name when I was writing romance shorts for women under an assumed female name.

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That's smart.

P.s. did you have a clue of what I was saying in Italian in the vocaroo thread? Just curious.

Kevin

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Posted by Palerio
Andrea is probably the sexiest man's name ever for women.

We know one. Some call her Android.

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It's a name that would suit Uma Thurman androgynous look perfectly.

Uma as well, despite being a feminine name, sounds very masculine.

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Andrea is probably the sexiest man's name ever for women.

that was my pen name when I was writing romance shorts for women under an assumed female name.

That's smart.

P.s. did you have a clue of what I was saying in Italian in the vocaroo thread? Just curious.

about half of it. I have been a Roma/Totti supporter for 15 years now so I should probably get used to the dialect

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You chose a frustrating team to support, I'm a Roma fan as well and our motto is "mai na' gioia".

Posted by Damnata
No bias.

But I have this thing where people with the same name...have a simillar vibe to me,

I found this phenomenon weird but very common.

Certain names just repeat themselves and every time they do you get a similar vibe from people who have them.

No bias again but It's also very common to like someone because of their name, you always look them with a different eye if you like how they're named, which is why I'm assuming there must be something dark behind every name.

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Posted by Damnata
No bias.

But I have this thing where people with the same name...have a simillar vibe to me,

I found this phenomenon weird but very common.

Certain names just repeat themselves and every time they do you get a similar vibe from people who have them.

No bias again but It's also very common to like someone because of their name, you always look them with a different eye if you like how they're named, which is why I'm assuming there must be something dark behind every name.

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Yeah, that makes sense. Ties into confirmation bias.

But what about if you have an idea of a name and never met any person with that name?

In the case of my friend...his name is "Tudor". Ever since I met him I could not get "Victor" out of my head. I never met any "Victor" in my life. Then he told me other people say "Victor" too. Maybe those other people know "Victor"s so they are projecting characteristics but I don't know any. It's weird the associations we make at times..

It would be really cool if we didn't have any first names and we could pick ours.

There is a ritual here with objects after the baptism, I think other countries have it too.

You put a lot of objects on a table and see which one the baby goes for. Would be cool to have that with names.

Posted by RumiLove
My name is a little rare in my country(official name) and..obviously, i always get curious, even my mom. Once I tried to befriend a girl because she had mom's name :/

There's another name ..i like and, its a name for both boys and girls, my eyes brighten up when I hear it and I do observe them.

I'm not conscious of it but.. It happens automatically haha. Ofcourse I dont judge anyone but I guess they're sentiments.

ALSO, it sounds silly but most of the guys I crushed hard on had names starting with "K" .. :-)

I went through a B phase. 😛

Ben, Brandon. .. etc

Posted by elllesque
My name is traditionally a man's name.

I hated it throughout my childhood. Endured a lot of teasing.

However, now it comes in handy......

The look on some people's face when I enter a room.....and they are expecting a man simply based on my name.

Priceless entertainment. 😄

My BFF's names are Drew and micah. They're both girls 😄

Michelle and lisa i feel r very sweet caring ppl. I dont know any mean michelle or lisas they r so angelic

Oh and dominique i hate when ppl confuse dominique with a boy because the masculine version is dominic or dominick its like whyyyyy dominique is promounced dom onique monique why name boy that..jeesh stick to make version...i guess jordan is masculine and feminine so hey

Ive heard that all Mikes are assholes.

That's exactly why I think it's the name itself that projects certain characteristics, you don't need to actually meet someone to get an idea. For instance I've never met neither a Tudor nor Victor but they both give me a similar regal vibe, I could easily imagine them being kings with those names, I can't tell you why.

For instance my name means "healthy/in great shape" and I've never caught a grippe once in my life. My surname means "traveller" and I'm an errant soul who lived in 8 different houses in 25 years (same city) with the constant urge to change place every two because I don't feel right not moving.

Do you think it's a coincidence Adolf means "noble wolf" in old German?

I can't put it logically but there's something we're missing. We all unconsciously try to live up to the name we're given when we're born.

Posted by lovely77
Oh and dominique i hate when ppl confuse dominique with a boy because the masculine version is dominic or dominick its like whyyyyy dominique is promounced dom onique monique why name boy that..jeesh stick to make version...i guess jordan is masculine and feminine so hey

Dominique Wilkins.

Boy.

Posted by Palerio
That's exactly why I think it's the name itself that projects certain characteristics, you don't need to actually meet someone to get an idea. For instance I've never met neither a Tudor nor Victor but they both give me a similar regal vibe, I could easily imagine them being kings with those names, I can't tell you why.

For instance my name means "healthy/in great shape" and I've never caught a grippe once in my life. My surname means "traveller" and I'm an errant soul who lived in 8 different houses in 25 years (same city) with the constant urge to change place every two because I don't feel right not moving.

Do you think it's a coincidence Adolf means "noble wolf" in old German?

I can't put it logically but there's something we're missing. We all unconsciously try to live up to the name we're given when we're born.

I agree about names having meaning.

But I wonder which is more responsible for the attributes/characteristics - if it's the name itself or the parents who give it [the name].

Mine is a flower.... Never had it confused thankfully!

My bro and sis have super common names. Both have been mentioned already, also when my dad got remariired, i then had a step sister and brother of those names.

so we had 2- michelles and 2 michaels. hahahah

I don' t really have any bias towards names, at least i do not think i do.

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Posted by Damnata
It would be really cool if we didn't have any first names and we could pick ours.

There is a ritual here with objects after the baptism, I think other countries have it too.

You put a lot of objects on a table and see which one the baby goes for. Would be cool to have that with names.

would you pick DAMNATA? 😛

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I picked a pen.

I'd pick some cute Koala name tho.

Posted by justagirl
Mine is a flower.... Never had it confused thankfully!

My bro and sis have super common names. Both have been mentioned already, also when my dad got remariired, i then had a step sister and brother of those names.

so we had 2- michelles and 2 michaels. hahahah

I don' t really have any bias towards names, at least i do not think i do.

Wait for the thread "what sign has the tightest justagirl" 😛

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Mine is a flower.... Never had it confused thankfully!

My bro and sis have super common names. Both have been mentioned already, also when my dad got remariired, i then had a step sister and brother of those names.

so we had 2- michelles and 2 michaels. hahahah

I don' t really have any bias towards names, at least i do not think i do.

Wait for the thread "what sign has the tightest justagirl" 😛

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LOL 😉

Sebastian. Just no.

Sorry to anyone I offended unintentionally. 🙂

Posted by Palerio
TWe all unconsciously try to live up to the name we're given when we're born.

I wonder this as well. It's a lot of pressure and that pressure makes sense since I am also a Virgo.

For my name: glory / beauty / field of birds (??) / victory / leader

It's too much (even with the aries placements backing me up).

Posted by CopperDove
I have very good associations, thanks to past experiences, with the male name Jason.

I know not to trust that everyone with the name Jason is like the Jasons I've known, but my immediate reaction to the name is positive. At one time I had a list of male and female names ready in case I ever had children, and Jason was on the male list.

I think the name was really popular around the time I was born or something. I've met a few around my age and can't help but feel a little stupid whenever I have to address them because it's my name too. I'm sure other people with even more popular names feel the same way.

I have indeed noticed that Jasons tend to be treated with positivity from others. Perhaps this is so because the supposed destiny for those given this name is, "to heal", whether it is others or themselves and it seems people can feel that.

"Our name is our virtue", as the lyrics to a popular song says. Bet you can guess who sang them. 😉

any name starting with darth

Darth Chad was a douchebag

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Posted by CopperDove
I have very good associations, thanks to past experiences, with the male name Jason.

I know not to trust that everyone with the name Jason is like the Jasons I've known, but my immediate reaction to the name is positive. At one time I had a list of male and female names ready in case I ever had children, and Jason was on the male list.

I think the name was really popular around the time I was born or something. I've met a few around my age and can't help but feel a little stupid whenever I have to address them because it's my name too. I'm sure other people with even more popular names feel the same way.

I have indeed noticed that Jasons tend to be treated with positivity from others. Perhaps this is so because the supposed destiny for those given this name is, "to heal", whether it is others or themselves and it seems people can feel that.

"Our name is our virtue", as the lyrics to a popular song says. Bet you can guess who sang them. 😉

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It was definitely a popular name around the time that I was born (1970s). Interesting that you've noticed that people have positive association with the name, so it isn't just me. It's a pretty cool name meaning. haha, yes, another Jason with Jason Mraz. I looked him up and read that he was born in the late 70s.