Be careful what you name your child: People's FACES evolve to match their names, study claims

A number of studies person recovered that our names alteration nan measurement group judge our personality, property and more.

In a study published May 8, scientists at Syracuse University successful New York asked 500 assemblage students to complaint 400 celebrated names spanning 70 years.

Questions came successful nan format: 'Imagine that you are astir to meet Samantha. How competent/warm/old do you deliberation she is erstwhile you spot her name?'

Scientists utilized their results to measure which names were perceieved arsenic being competent, warm, aliases a operation of nan two.

Below are nan results:

Warm and competent names

Ann, Anna, Caroline, Daniel, David, Elizabeth, Emily, Emma, Evelyn, Felicia, Grace, James, Jennifer, John, Jonathan, Julie, Kathleen, Madeline, Mark, Mary, Matthew, Michael, Michelle, Natalie, Nicholas, Noah, Olivia, Paul, Rachel, Samantha, Sarah, Sophia, Stephen, Susan, Thomas, William

Warm but little competent names

Hailey, Hannah, Jesse, Kellie, Melody, Mia

Competent but little lukewarm names

Arnold, Gerard, Herbert, Howard, Lawrence, Norman, Reginald, Stuart

Names of debased warmth and competence

Alvin, Brent, Bryce, Cheyenne, Colby, Crystal, Dana, Darrell, Devon, Dominic, Dominique, Duane, Erin, Larry, Leslie, Lonnie, Malachi, Marcia, Marco, Mercedes, Omar, Regina, Rex, Roy, Tracy, Trenton, Vicki, Whitney