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Badly chosen baby names can lead to low self-esteem, low education and more smoking: study  - NY Daily News

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Being called a name can hurt -- even if it's the name your parents chose for you.

Data gathered from nearly 12,000 adult participants found that a bad first name can not only ruin your self-esteem, but it may actually make you lonelier -- and dumber -- research published in the journal of Social Psychological and Personality Science shows.

The majority of the 12,000 people who partook in various experiments testing name desirability on the European dating website eDarling, responded that they would actually rather remain single than enter a relationship with someone with an undesirable name.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/badly-chosen-baby-names-lead-self-esteem-education-smoking-study-article-1.1002198#ixzz1iyLWxot3

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B-Rizzle

That seemed obvious to me. I'm glad I don't have badly chosen name.

    Reply#1 - Mon Jan 9, 2012 9:45 AM EST
    Baron von Steuben

    lol at the use of Kevin as an example of a bad name, as opposed to one of the names with punctuation in it.

      Reply#2 - Mon Jan 9, 2012 11:06 AM EST
      keep_it_cool

      Hmm.. what about those of us who have names that are often stripper aliases?

        Reply#3 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:46 PM EST
        silentsmile

        I agree, I am a 3 pack a day smoker, drink 3 quarts of vodka each day and I pick my nose, its turned into a dangerous addiction oh yes and I am hooked on coffee, at least 5 pots a day. Now I blame my father, he named me dumb a**, man, I was teased mercifully in Alaska, I still jump if my name is called, gee whiz just imagine being in grade school and raising your hand, it isn't pretty, hmm where is my other bottle of vodka?

          Reply#4 - Sat Jan 14, 2012 3:28 PM EST
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