The Significance of Our Names Everyone and everything has a name. However no one has really stopped to ask the question of why? Why do things have names, what is the significance? Some have said that your name can alter your chances of getting a job. Also some have said that your name depending on how “original” or “unoriginal” your name is can alter how well you do in school, and how you are liked by people. A name can affect our day to day encounters. On the subject of how your name can alter how well you do in school, “In 1948, two professors at Harvard University published a study of thirty-three hundred men who had recently graduated, looking at whether their names had any bearing on their academic performance.” (Konnikova, Maria. The …show more content…
In addition a Australian study showed that people were more likely to make better impression if their name was easy to pronounce. This can even happen in a school setting. It is not uncommon that a student will be treated differently by the teacher and or other students due to their name being a “normal” or “different”. Also it has been shown that these reactions to someones name in a school setting can affect grades. Studies show that it is mostly the test scores that are the most affected. The hard choice for parents is if they want to have an original name or an unoriginal name for their baby. Some have said that they wanted to have a common name for their child. Their reasoning, they didn't want their child to go through life with an unusual name, due to the fact that some evidence seen earlier in this paper states that individuals with uncommon names have been shown to have psychological effects later in life when they have that name. Then again, parents have been known to say that choosing an “original” name for their baby is too boring and they want their child to stand out from the others. In general a name can really affect your future. Your parents were already making choices for you before you even knew
“Be who want to be,create a name for yourself”(Unknown). Being one is the greatest gift to society. Creating a name for one is important and key to striving in throughout society. A name will never define someone as a person. The person will define the name. The article “ ‘Black’ Names: A Resume Burden?” by Bootie Cosgrove- Mathers discusses, the burden many parents of color face when choosing their child 's name. The stereotypes set out throughout society on if a parent of color should name their children “black” sounding names is significant. Parents of color should name their children “black” sounding names to embrace their black identity, bring across equality, and end the negative stereotypes that come with “black” sounding names.
names are prevented from being able to reassimilate within society, they are the outcasts. It also
People from foreign ethnic group have names that is difficult to pronounce for native people. A typical response they get when they introduce themselves is a curious look and subsequently a question-- How do you pronounce your name again? The way a name is pronounced, it can shape how individuals see us and define our accomplishments. When an ethnic name is Americanized or changed or given nickname, it can change how people view his/her identity. Even in the job market, the employer is likely to hire candidate like them and sometime they judge a pool of potential candidates with the familiarity of name. As name can be connection to self identity and related to ancestry, people should not be biased based on name and how it is pronounced; people
...ifferent, children names are predictors of their success/failure because of its connection with his parents, and the cycle that names do through low to high socioeconomic classes. All these trends brought up by economic analysis turn interesting specially when they are supported by statistical data but they are also examined through cause/effect like the raising question: is black culture a merely reflection of the economic gap between white and black people or has it caused the gap between them?
Is a person’s name likely to be an indicator of that person’s success in later life?
In this reading, the writer tells a story that proves how important a name is. Calling a person, a name that only identifies with their ethnicity means that all of them are the same goes for, no matter how respected they are in the community they are still identified as their race and discriminated against for it, the extra effort they put into their task may be extraordinary but they are still a certain race. In the story "What 's in a Name? “by Henry Louis Gates he writes that his father was well respected, a hard worker and middle class but he was still black. One’s name is not only part of their identity it is what makes them
One’s identity is influenced by many things. It’s something that one has a choice of what he wants to become. One has a personal choice as to what identity he possesses; for instance, he can choose what he likes, who he wishes to be friends with, and what he wears. After all, “Fashion is an expression of personal identity” (Latterell 11). Queen Latifah states, “All things start inside your soul and work outward” meaning that it is one’s choice as to what he lets work its way out (Latifah 34). People have even made personal choices that affect their identity by changing their name. Just as Firoozeh Dumas describes in The “F Word”, “Thus I started sixth grade with my new, easy name and life became infinitely simpler” (Dumas 86). People made fun of Dumas’ name, Firoozeh, and thus made her want to change her name to fit in; she changed her identity. An identity is mainly comprised of personal choice.
This theme can be seen in several areas of the book. It begins with the infamous Geats entering the area of the Danes, where such stress is placed by the guard of the coast on the names of the men's fathers and their lineage . This therefore begins with the suggestion that name means everything; a son is only his fathers name. As the coastguard pronounces, "Whose soldier's are you You! Tell me your name, and your father's I say, for us all. Speak, say exactly who you are, and from where, and why" (236-257). This first gives off the impression that there is a great weight held in the names of those that come forth, what they have done and what their fathers have done before them. Even more important, there is a stress that these men are nothing but their father's name, and they must overcome this to make a name for themselves. The coast guard does not care what the incoming warriors do and who they are, but more what they are and what names they have for themselves. It is again in the town where a warrior demands the names of the warriors before they are allowed passage. The reader is warned in the prologue that the key to immortality is fame. As the storyteller recalls,
There are still families that are respected because of their legacy. For instance, the Kennedy’s were already a prominent family in society before John F Kennedy became president. Other prominent family names include Hilton, Gates, Booth, and Pinckney because of the histories and wealth associated with these families. This way, people are still born with a certain level of honor and prestige based on the family name they carry. Even on a local level, families carry reputations of having certain traits. Before meeting a Falls, one may expect to encounter a calm, reserved, intelligent person because those are traits associated with the Falls name. On a personal level, a person’s name still holds keys to a story. Public records are kept on everyone. A skilled researcher could uncover a person 's past simply by researching a name because that name carries a story. Anything a person does, whether good or bad, is associated with a name. Sometimes people to form opinions on someone based on a person’s name because the name alone tells a story. Modern cultures may view names casually, but they still carry power
Is it important to know what is behind your name? Now in days, many names are given without knowing their meanings or where they come from. For example, I was given the name of Judith just because my parents heard it and liked it. It depends where and in which culture were they raised. For this purpose I researched my name Judith. Some of the main points I found were interesting to me like the history and my personality.
I have read an account called " 'What's in a Name? " ", which is composed by Henry Louis Gates. This account demonstrates to us a youth experience of the creator that happened amid the mid-1950s. In the article, Gates alludes to an occurrence when a white man, Mr. Wilson, who was well disposed with his dad, called his dad "George", a name which was a prominent method for alluding to African Americans in those circumstances. In any case, Gates' dad needed to acknowledge this separation and couldn't make a move around then. By utilizing sentiment to bring out individuals' enthusiastic reaction, and utilizing suggestion, Gates effectively communicates his claim that name shapes individuals' discernments
Our names are our titles that we give to the world. Some add on to their given name but getting married, becoming a doctor, or just straight up change their names. I have two last names because I have two families that, for the most part, don't get along. My mother named me, she had chosen quite a few other names but when she saw me she changed her mind. My father wanted to name me countless strange names, the worst being Wren. They came to a compromise and let my dad pick my middle name, it was easier to let him have his way. Being brought up in two very different households was strange for me. I would have some rules at my mom's house and different ones at my dad's house. Most parents that aren't together try to co-parent for the child's
Syaikh al-‘Utsaimîn rahimahullah said : “ Responsibility as parents is to pick their children name which is not make them feel embarrased and hurt when they have grew up. Because it’s possible for their father to like an exact name, which is has no meaning inside. However later on the child feels disturbed by his name and annoyed him more. In fact, we all already knew that harm the other moslem is haraam in islam. Based on that, it’s considered for the parents to choose the best name for their children and the most favored by Allah”.
Is your name your identity? And if not, is it possible to maintain a stable and truthful inside identity when deprived of all signs of uniqueness such as your own name?
...ermine the causal factors that affect naming practice from that of a sociocultural approach. These specific disciplines depict the importance of social science in understanding “social phenomena” (Lewins, 1992, p.5) and thus understanding the social world within which all humans live.