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A name is like our business card.
Serenity, for example, has a very different connotation than Storm.
Recently, a Reddit usershared a storyabout naming her firstborn daughter.
She and her husband settled on a unique name they made up, inspired by mythology and literature.
But not everyone was as enthusiastic about it as they were.
However, the point that the Redditors aunt was trying to make is also valid.
Extremely common, classic names give very little away.
Since biblical names never really go out of style, it means their bearers can be almost any age.
They can be Jewish, Christian, or religiously unaffiliated.
There are white Michaels and Davids and Marys, and there are black ones too.
And these names are not particularly linked to politics, either.
Many immigrants followed this logic when naming their children.
The authors discovered a strong correlation between second-generation immigrants with traditionally American first names and occupational achievement.
Icelandic parents, for example, must pick from 1,800 girls names and 1,700 boys names.
Sweden and Norway regulate baby names as well, and France abandoned its list only in 1993.
Participants selected the correct name far more frequently than pure chance would have allowed them.
We show that people change their faces as they grow, the studys co-author Anne-Laure SelliertoldQuartz.
Youre conditioned to look a certain way because you want to fit in and be accepted.
Check out the results:
