For example, I was doing research for a blog article and found a paper by a guy named Christian Messenger. That man was definitely destined for missionary work, but the paper was about football.
There’s a name for that; nominative determinism
My husband’s vasectomy was performed by Dr. Wiener.
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It can’t be real.
Gay Hitler. Worst part is he was born before those were offensive names or terms but lived long enough for them to get there meaning. Wasn’t even meant to have the last name Hitler, It was a misspelling of Hiddler or something like that.
(that’s kinda also how the more well known Hitlers got their name. Last names where a lot more fluid just a few decades ago.)
These are called “aptroynms” and Wikipedia has a great list of them and also inaptroyms. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym
See also: Nominative Determinism. If I remember correctly, there was a subreddit about this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism
Nominative determinism is the hypothesis that people tend to gravitate towards areas of work that fit their names. The term was first used in the magazine New Scientist in 1994, after the magazine’s humorous “Feedback” column noted several studies carried out by researchers with remarkably fitting surnames. These included a book on polar explorations by Daniel Snowman and an article on urology by researchers named Splatt and Weedon. These and other examples led to light-hearted speculation that some sort of psychological effect was at work.
There’s now a Lemmy community too: [email protected]
Yes, I’m searching through this thread for stuff to post there
