Nomen est omen - by Roger's Bacon - Secretum Secretorum
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On nominative determinism and the power of names
The Adoration of the Name of God by Francisco Goya (1772) An aptronym is when a person has a name that is uniquely suited to its owner. Some examples: Usain Bolt, the fastest human ever Mark De Man, Belgian football defender William Headline, Washington Bureau Chief for CNN Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck, American education professional with a dissertation on uncommon African-American names in the classroom William Wordsworth, poet Philander Rodman, father of basketball player Dennis Rodman, who fathered 26 children by 16 mothers Sue Yoo, attorney And of course there are also inaptronyms:…
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