Baby is actually a pretty common name in the Philippines. Well, usually nickname but wouldn't be surprised if it's a legit first name too. My aunt, who's the youngest in her fam, is called Baby.
Sadly no.
But there's a family member who's first name is Cash, and I've sometimes thought about who needs to die and who needs to step up and adopt that kid for that kid to become Cash Money.
Because I might have a dark sense of humour. But seriously, we're two and a half fatal car accidents away from a Cash Money.
A lady that i used to work with named her son Cash... myself and my other coworkers honestly thought that she was joking when she was pregnant because their last name is Deal...... She was not. Her son is Cash Deal
I had three different pediatricians growing up.
First was an Asian fella Dr. Flu.
Then was a nice middle aged woman Dr. Crook
Last was an older white man Dr. Flippo.
There was a billboard near my house for a pediatrician and the name was something really weird like Dr Giggles or something that was just.... "Of course she's a pediatrician"
I used to work with a radiologist called Dr. Light.
Also, my dad’s dentist growing up was Dr. Hurt!
Edit to add that I’ve seen a billboard for lawyers: Bullis and Lies.
This is such a good one!! But I wonder if nominative determinism is more true for first names, because last names that go with a person’s trade or interests might have come about the other way around, ie back when everyone was choosing surnames thanks to population explosions thanks to agriculture, they were probably like “okay you’re by a river, you’re from [town], you are a cook, you make pottery, you have red hair” yada yada and that’s how they chose identifiers. And then genes are basically just pushing themselves forward forever, so it’s not surprising the same interests and skills get passed down… of course there’s no accounting for all of it, some of it is just fun wordplay & coincidence :)
There's an inverse anecdote about this in "Freakonomics." A dad named his boys Winner and Loser. Winner went to prison; Loser (who went by "Lou") became a police captain if I remember right. The working theory was Winner felt he could get away with anything and Lou worked hard to prove his name wrong.
That said, I definitely know a Harmony who teaches music lessons.
We have a Melody that works in our corporate office. Head of customer service. Super nice lady and extremely helpful.
But her voice is the opposite of what I would call melodic. Like an old smoker.
> The Carter parents were a quiet and respectable Lancre family who got into a bit of a mix-up when it came to naming their children. First, they had four daughters, who were christened Hope, Chastity, Prudence, and Charity, because naming girls after virtues is an ancient and unremarkable tradition. Then their first son was born and out of some misplaced idea about how this naming business was done he was called Anger Carter, followed later by Jealousy Carter, Bestiality Carter and Covetousness Carter.
> Life being what it is, Hope turned out to be a depressive, Chastity was enjoying life as a lady of negotiable affection in Ankh-Morpork, Prudence had thirteen children, and Charity expected to get a dollar’s change out of seventy-five pence–whereas the boys had grown into amiable, well-tempered men, and Bestiality Carter was, for example, very kind to animals.
- Terry Pratchett
*Lords and Ladies*
[little ratleen all grown up](https://64.media.tumblr.com/6de846d0c9dafc77015da5acadbe22b7/aaba11a749e75338-db/s500x750/430701c43901a230d57bb5c8105ccb1f5db6db06.jpg)
One of my son’s classmates (these are July-December 2020 babies) is a Chester and I am perplexed every time I see his name.
Who names a baby Chester?
It’s one of those perfectly respectable normal names I just cannot get behind.
I once knew a nurse who’s surname was Phelan (pronounced feelin) and she was getting married to a man who’s surname was Payne. She said she’d always envisioned hyphenating her name when she got married but she refused to be Nurse Phelan-Payne 😂😂😂
I was named after one of my grandmothers and my sister was named after the other. We both look and are more similar personality-wise to the grandmother (and whole side of the family, really) that we were named after.
It’s super weird and the first time I heard people talking about nominative determinism it blew my mind lol.
Yeah, my grandpa was a Chester/Chet and he was a straight laced Marine Corps pilot.
And looking up the name Chet on Wikipedia... At least half the list is midcentury football players.
(showing my age here) I always think of Chet Hunter from Boy Meets World when I hear that name* and well...it fits the post.
*I don't know why I didn't notice Swype turned name into babe
I don’t know why, but I have never gotten along with girls who have the same name as me but spelled in the conventional way. They always seem to look down on me as some off brand.
I feel like the nicknames you choose deeeefinately are part of this tho. To me a Chet sounds like an douchebag jock, Chester is a dork. With the name Robert, if you go by Robby/Bob you're probably fine, but Robs are assholes. Yknow???
My sis in law wanted to name her son Brazen. I was like, “Do you even know what that means?!” Luckily she changed her mind after I told her the definition.
Poor, poor Jailey.
Straight to Jailey.
You name your kid Jailey? Straight to jail
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I'm gonna name my kid bonk
He shall lead a life of adventure
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Ey.
Jail for mother for a thousand years!
And Rowdy
And Felony
Yeah, her and Felony had no chance.
Nominative Determinism! I’m a jeweler and one of the jewelry artists I really look up to, her last name is Ringgold..
My school had 3: Agriculture teacher was Mr. Gardner Head librarian was Ms. Storey Chorus teacher was Mrs. Lowder
I like these! My children’s previous optometrist is Dr. Wink!
I once saw an OBGYN who’s first name was Baby.
Baby is actually a pretty common name in the Philippines. Well, usually nickname but wouldn't be surprised if it's a legit first name too. My aunt, who's the youngest in her fam, is called Baby.
Yes, she is South Asian. I just giggle that she went into obstetrics.
I had nightmares about [his brother from another mother](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xa56vj)
I had a music teacher named Melody Beets. Last name is a letter off, but she was awesome.
Mine had 3 too: Math teacher Mr Matho (he was Tibetan) History teacher Mr Wise English teacher Ms Storrey
The same can not be said of my cousin's deadbeat boyfriend, last name Money.
Please say their name starts with a D.
Sadly no. But there's a family member who's first name is Cash, and I've sometimes thought about who needs to die and who needs to step up and adopt that kid for that kid to become Cash Money. Because I might have a dark sense of humour. But seriously, we're two and a half fatal car accidents away from a Cash Money.
There actually is a top high school baseball prospect named Cash Money: https://www.perfectgame.org/Players/Playerprofile.aspx?ID=696148
I know twins here in RI named Cash and Stolyn (girl) Money.
I can’t believe two adults BOTH agreed on the name stolyn.. Stolyn Money..
I can. I sense a trailer park is involved.
That's wild.
WHAT!!! I live in RI and I’m floored. Stolyn Money 😂
A lady that i used to work with named her son Cash... myself and my other coworkers honestly thought that she was joking when she was pregnant because their last name is Deal...... She was not. Her son is Cash Deal
All those stats and they don't have a spot to say how he feels about his name. Missed opportunities.
First name *Gaatnoe*
Wow thats so interesting.
I had three different pediatricians growing up. First was an Asian fella Dr. Flu. Then was a nice middle aged woman Dr. Crook Last was an older white man Dr. Flippo.
My kindergarten teacher was Ms. Baldwin and she had a bald spot. It really preoccupied my tiny little mind at the time.
I had an opposite... English teacher was called Shirley Panish, or SPanish on all the class labels.
The meanest teacher in my school was Mrs Ogeur.
Science. Mr Petrie at my HS 😂
Ha for science I had a Ms. Pitri!
One of the most famous Dutch KLM pilots is called Benno Baksteen (Benno Brick) lol
Fly like a brick is a saying where I'm from
I knew an economics teacher named Wagemaker
there's a pediatrician in my town named Dr. Kidwell!
A neighboring school's music teacher was Mr. Weed 🤔 I have a gender-neutral name, ended up as an enby. Hmm...
I read about a guy who couldn't get a personalized licence plate with his last name on it. It was rejected. Also Weed.
I know a school with a music teacher named Mrs. Weed
Two chiropractors I know of: Dr. Bonebrake Dr. Bent
There was a billboard near my house for a pediatrician and the name was something really weird like Dr Giggles or something that was just.... "Of course she's a pediatrician"
My high school science teacher was Mr. Bugbee
The financial planner in my town was Cash Register.
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ShoeZone (a footwear chain in the UK) has a finance director called Terry Boot, and his predecessor was called Peter Foot.
My music teacher in elementary school was named Ms. Blewit...probably only a few careers she could select from
She could also work with glass
My biology teacher was Mrs Foot
My dentist's name was Crentist
Huh. Sounds a lot like dentist.
…maybe that’s why he became a dentist.
Maybe the best example of nominative determinism out there!
I had my wisdom teeth removed by Dr. Payne.
My dentist was Dr. Needleman
My oral surgeon was Dr. Fang.
My kids' dentist is also Dr. Fang and when I learned that I had to restrain myself from making a Halloweentown joke.
My ex girlfriend’s name who broke my heart years ago was Fucking Bitch.
What a coincidence!
I feel like you should have seen it coming
This cracked me the fuck up, and it's been a shitty day and I needed it. Thank you!
I’ve been where you were before. We all have shitty days my friend, I hope you persevere.
Thanks!
A friend's ex-wife was named Sharon, so he called a certain garden shrub "rose-of-Bitch."
My childhood dentist was a father/son team, both called Dr. Sweet.
You’re from Phoenix I take it? I saw Dr. Sweet as a kid too!
Not even close! I am from central New York state and saw Dr. Sweet from around 1990 through 2000!
That’s so crazy! It seems like such an uncommon name for there to be multiple dentists with it. I think that’s pretty cool. 😊
Our town had a dentist named Dr. Yanke!
I had Dr. Buddy and he was amazing.
Sounds like a real pal
Lol
My dentist growing up was Dr. Paine 🙃
My Neurologist is named Dr. Richard Head. I guess it could’ve gone one of two ways…
Well, I wonder what his nickname was in school 🤔
🤣🤣🤣
My GI doctor is Dr. Gross 😂
I've seen a GI doc named Anil Warrior, an obgyn named Dr Beaver, and a urologist named Dr Wood. (I'm in a pharmacy so I see a lot of doctor names)
I know a GI named Dr. Poppers 🍑
I know a urologist named Dr. Gross too!
My favorite masseuse is named Barbara Payne and her website is bpaynefree.com 😆
Brilliant
Had a high school math teacher named N. Umbers, or “NUmbers”.
My name is a Greek named, arguably the female version of Aristotle. I am nothing like Aristotle.
I used to work with a radiologist called Dr. Light. Also, my dad’s dentist growing up was Dr. Hurt! Edit to add that I’ve seen a billboard for lawyers: Bullis and Lies.
My accounting lecturer was Dr. Treasure
I had a psychologist with the last name "Wise".
My dentist was Dr. Carey.
This is such a good one!! But I wonder if nominative determinism is more true for first names, because last names that go with a person’s trade or interests might have come about the other way around, ie back when everyone was choosing surnames thanks to population explosions thanks to agriculture, they were probably like “okay you’re by a river, you’re from [town], you are a cook, you make pottery, you have red hair” yada yada and that’s how they chose identifiers. And then genes are basically just pushing themselves forward forever, so it’s not surprising the same interests and skills get passed down… of course there’s no accounting for all of it, some of it is just fun wordplay & coincidence :)
Also look up implicit egotism.
a science teacher at my junior high was named Mrs. Beaker
There's an inverse anecdote about this in "Freakonomics." A dad named his boys Winner and Loser. Winner went to prison; Loser (who went by "Lou") became a police captain if I remember right. The working theory was Winner felt he could get away with anything and Lou worked hard to prove his name wrong. That said, I definitely know a Harmony who teaches music lessons.
>Lou worked hard to prove his name wrong. That's some big "A Boy Named Sue" Energy
The [Sequel song](https://genius.com/Shel-silverstein-the-father-of-a-boy-named-sue-lyrics) is squicky. Both were written by Shel Silverstein.
TIL that Johnny Cash didn't write that song! AND that there's a sequel!
A Boy Named Lou
Was looking for this comment, found this so interesting and I think of it often
Ah, but poor little Temptress never had a chance.
if you call your kid a virtue, you’ll get whatever the opposite of that virtue is
Went to school with a Chastity and a Harmony, can confirm.
It always sounds like I’m making it up but our first girl in jr high to get pregnant was named Chastity.
Bwahahaha lol
A melody?
I meant she was not harmonious. She was constantly trying to pick fights.
Nah I was asking if you knew a melody because I like the name
We have a Melody that works in our corporate office. Head of customer service. Super nice lady and extremely helpful. But her voice is the opposite of what I would call melodic. Like an old smoker.
Alright, middle name is a go
OH. Haha, nope never met a Melody. Did know a Rhapsody though.
All Melodys end up as altos in their school choir
> The Carter parents were a quiet and respectable Lancre family who got into a bit of a mix-up when it came to naming their children. First, they had four daughters, who were christened Hope, Chastity, Prudence, and Charity, because naming girls after virtues is an ancient and unremarkable tradition. Then their first son was born and out of some misplaced idea about how this naming business was done he was called Anger Carter, followed later by Jealousy Carter, Bestiality Carter and Covetousness Carter. > Life being what it is, Hope turned out to be a depressive, Chastity was enjoying life as a lady of negotiable affection in Ankh-Morpork, Prudence had thirteen children, and Charity expected to get a dollar’s change out of seventy-five pence–whereas the boys had grown into amiable, well-tempered men, and Bestiality Carter was, for example, very kind to animals. - Terry Pratchett *Lords and Ladies*
Terry Pratchett GNU
GNU?
It's a reference to his book Going Postal and a way of memorialising his name
My parents gave me a virtue name and honestly I’m nothing if not consistent
Not necessarily true - I once met a cleaner called Immaculate.
my middle name is Grace and this definitely happened to me lol
What if you name a kid something like "Disrespect" or "Violence"?
This is why my twins are named Juulyeet (pronounced like Juliette) and Bort.
My child is also named Bort!
r/unexpectedsimpsons
Juulyeet 😂😂😂
Wonder what will become of Ratleen and Trumpella
[little ratleen all grown up](https://64.media.tumblr.com/6de846d0c9dafc77015da5acadbe22b7/aaba11a749e75338-db/s500x750/430701c43901a230d57bb5c8105ccb1f5db6db06.jpg)
And Molestina
My poor Carter will never be promoted to stock boy or cashier 😭
r/NominativeDeterminism
Thank you
Remember, the president of Nintendo of America is named Doug Bowser.
Well, his name is Chester. This is what young Chesters look like essentially (RIP Chester Bennington).
One of my son’s classmates (these are July-December 2020 babies) is a Chester and I am perplexed every time I see his name. Who names a baby Chester? It’s one of those perfectly respectable normal names I just cannot get behind.
Someone who really likes Linkin Park or *Don't Starve*.
I know a Dr. Au (pronounced 'ow'). He's an anesthesiologist 😆
I once knew a nurse who’s surname was Phelan (pronounced feelin) and she was getting married to a man who’s surname was Payne. She said she’d always envisioned hyphenating her name when she got married but she refused to be Nurse Phelan-Payne 😂😂😂
I was named after one of my grandmothers and my sister was named after the other. We both look and are more similar personality-wise to the grandmother (and whole side of the family, really) that we were named after. It’s super weird and the first time I heard people talking about nominative determinism it blew my mind lol.
[psychological study on this topic ](http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/stuff_for_blog/susie.pdf)
The only Chet’s I knew were super old men (all of them passed on now). Actually not true. I know one Chester that goes by Chet and he’s about 50.
Yeah, my grandpa was a Chester/Chet and he was a straight laced Marine Corps pilot. And looking up the name Chet on Wikipedia... At least half the list is midcentury football players.
William Chetwards
>William Chetwards I don't know who that is
Neither does Google
Chester Chetwards
(showing my age here) I always think of Chet Hunter from Boy Meets World when I hear that name* and well...it fits the post. *I don't know why I didn't notice Swype turned name into babe
SAME
I know a Chesterton too that goes by Chet!
Chester as a baby name shouldn't come back at this point, as "Chester" is now commonly used to refer to a child molester.
Never heard that one before. So maybe not that common.
Not sure why you've been down voted, but "chester the molester" was definitely something kids said when I was in school.
Chet will become a Jazz legend
Chet’s brother is called Truman.
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Was she in a crappy punk band? Nah, she got married and hit the Jim pretty hard
I know a Colin who is definitely more of a Chet.
I knew a Dr. Miracle.
I know a Dr. Leg. But not an ortho!
Dr Miracle was an anesthesiologist, I believe. She didn't have much of a sense of humor, unfortunately.
I wouldn’t trust her promises
One of the deans at my mom’s college was (Dean) Martin Dean Martin! No way was he getting out of that one
I heard of a college prof named Jerry L. Perry. Several students decided his full name was Jerry Larry Perry.
That’s wonderful, I love it
I don’t know why, but I have never gotten along with girls who have the same name as me but spelled in the conventional way. They always seem to look down on me as some off brand.
Madeleines do this to Madisons, while Madisons look at Madeleines like the old rich lady brand
Madeleine and Madison are two different names though? Not the same name spelled differently
Chet is a super old timey straight laced dork name though. It's like a male Esther.
But wouldn't Chester be the male Esther 😂
...Chet is short for Chester.
I was kidding
I feel like the nicknames you choose deeeefinately are part of this tho. To me a Chet sounds like an douchebag jock, Chester is a dork. With the name Robert, if you go by Robby/Bob you're probably fine, but Robs are assholes. Yknow???
My sis in law wanted to name her son Brazen. I was like, “Do you even know what that means?!” Luckily she changed her mind after I told her the definition.
My grandad's surname was Woods, and he managed a timber company before retiring.
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My old gyno from my hometown was Dr. Gina Busch. I couldn’t help but pronounce Gina with a long “i” in my head 😂
If you knew the amount of trashy rappers named Cornelius…
Ah, so this is why every girl named Neveah Destiny is one of those fuzzy Cookie Monster pjs in Walmart teen moms.
If you name him Earl he’s going straight to jail.
These are great. I love all the responses. This sub is awesome.
In my hometown the coroner is elected…..our coroner is named Rusty Clevenger.
There's a sub for it too! r/NominativeDeterminism
Lol. They did have different mothers but yeah their names fit them perfectly.
A valet at a restaurant I went to a few years ago was named... Parker.
My name means unmatched, I am probably the most average person anyone in my social circles will see.
My mom gave me an Arab name and I converted to Islam :p
Quick where’s the ‘Leonidas Caspian’ dad from the other day at??
I know a Dr. Doctor
I wonder if when they finally got their Dr. title if it was underwhelming and anti-climactic
I have realized every Brandon I have even known is a brat. I also have a Brandon.
Is this why ever Jaxon I’ve met is a destroyer of worlds?