Psychology studies the onomastic and trying to translate the influence of our name in the development of life.
A study conducted by Brett Pelham tells the first letter of the name of the children’s future profession when they become adults.
Another study conducted by the University of Calgary in the United States concluded that The sound of names has a great influence on people.
Research has revealed that the effect is different between people whose names begin with less pronounced consonants such as “R”, “T” or “P” from others whose names begin with more pronounced consonants. and vowels like “A”, “L” or “B”.
Wayne State University in the United States conducted a study in which ensures that the first and last name that a person can carry can be determinant during the Choose a career or profession.
One of the examples explained by the university is that people with the surname Doctor tend to choose a career in medicine, just as the initial of the name can determine the specialty.
The study that confirms the relationship between the initial of the name and the profession
All previous studies show the interest that psychology has had in onomastics over the years, and Brett Pelham’s study is not far behind.
The team at Pelham says that people are attracted to live in a place according to the indirect influence of own name.
One of the examples he presented was that people named Virginia tended to live in that state.
in 2002 the doctor Brett Pelham explain it name relation of people with the profession that they exercise and are based on the initial of their first or last name.
They are based on theory in studies conducted on psychologist Jozef Nuttin in the 80s, who stated that People choose words that start with initials in his name.
Pelham conducted his own research based on Nuttin’s theory, and discovered that at cities where the study made that the first and last name starting with the same letter is more frequent than the generic statistics.
The doctor defended that People tend to move to cities that start with the same letter rather than first or last name.
The relationship between the profession and the initial of the name
The initial of the first or last name determines what profession they will grow up. (Image: Shutterstock Illustration)
Pelham’s conclusion is that the relationship which is in between the profession and the initial of the first or last name due to an event called “implicit selfishness”; This is the tendency that people have to choose places, people or things that they do not know associated with themselves.
In general, these positive associations consist of any place, or also the place of residence or profession, which is directly linked to the initial of our first and last name.
