?
What's
____________________
a
name
?
'
,
asked
Shakespeare's
Juliet
.
?
A
rose
____________________
any
other
name
would
smell
____________________
sweet
,
'
she
concluded
;
in
other
words
that
the
name
____________________
a
person
is
irrelevant
.
However
,
research
____________________
psychologists
suggests
that
our
name
can
have
a
direct
effect
____________________
our
personal
happiness
.
Having
a
popular
name
,
it
seems
,
can
make
other
people
think
you
are
intelligent
and
attractive
even
____________________
they
have
met
you
.
This
is
because
,
according
____________________
psychologist
Dr
Philip
Erwin
,
people
associate
a
particular
name
____________________
a
stereotyped
image
.
However
,
having
an
unpopular
name
can
have
the
opposite
effect
.
?
It
can
even
affect
your
employment
prospects
,
'
says
Dr
Erwin
.
?
Employers
usually
make
____________________
their
mind
within
two
minutes
of
a
job
interview
.
Part
____________________
that
process
is
reading
an
applicant's
name
on
the
CV
,
which
may
immediately
create
a
negative
stereotype
____________________
the
employer's
mind
.
'
____________________
a
result
,
according
____________________
Dr
Erwin
,
people
____________________
less
attractive
names
tend
____________________
work
harder
to
get
____________________
in
life
.
____________________
part
of
his
research
,
he
rated
the
first
names
____________________
68
psychology
students
for
attractiveness
,
and
then
compared
their
exam
marks
.
He
found
that
students
____________________
unpopular
,
old
-
fashioned
names
did
significantly
better
(
an
average
____________________
more
than
3%
higher
marks
)
.
This
suggested
that
they
were
aware
that
they
had
an
unattractive
name
,
and
were
working
harder
to
overcome
negative
attitudes
____________________
their
name
.
Names
considered
to
be
?
less
attractive'
were
,
for
example
,
Norman
,
Ronald
,
and
Albert
for
men
,
and
Gillian
,
Pauline
,
and
Agnes
for
women
.
?
More
attractive'
names
were
Stephen
,
David
,
Emma
,
and
Charlotte
.
Actors
and
pop
stars
certainly
seem
to
take
this
____________________
account
and
it
is
quite
common
for
them
to
change
the
name
they
were
born
with
to
a
more
?
glamorous'
one
,
for
example
,
Whoopi
Goldberg
(
born
Caryn
Johnson
)
,
and
Bono
(
born
Paul
Hewson
)
.
For
many
years
now
there
has
been
a
definite
tendency
____________________
British
parents
to
choose
unusual
or
famous
names
.
In
the
1990s
,
Phoebe
became
popular
for
a
while
,
____________________
certainly
____________________
a
result
of
the
hit
US
TV
series
Friends
,
and
Jack
,
which
had
previously
been
considered
an
unattractive
,
old
-
fashioned
name
,
became
dramatically
more
popular
because
of
Leonardo
DiCaprio's
Titanic
hero
,
Jack
Dawson
.
Recently
Keira
has
become
a
popular
girl's
name
(
____________________
the
actress
Keira
Knightley
)
,
and
William
and
Harry
(
____________________
the
princes
)
are
invariably
____________________
the
top
ten
names
chosen
for
boys
.
But
the
question
is
,
will
these
names
____________________
be
considered
attractive
when
their
owners
grow
____________________
?
?
When
I
was
at
school
there
was
no
one
in
my
class
with
the
same
name
____________________
me
,
'
says
34
-
year
-
old
Farrah
Stephens
,
who
was
named
____________________
the
TV
actress
Farrah
Fawcett
,
one
of
the
stars
of
the
1970s'
TV
series
Charlie's
Angels
.
?
____________________
the
time
I
was
15
everybody
had
forgotten
about
her
,
and
I
was
left
with
this
really
stupid
name
.
____________________
the
end
I
decided
to
use
my
middle
name
,
Diane
.
'
Clearly
,
the
choice
of
a
name
for
a
child
is
a
difficult
decision
to
take
.
Dr
Erwin
gives
some
practical
advice
:
?
Choose
names
for
your
children
which
they
will
be
happy
with
____________________
twenty
years'
time
,
and
choose
a
second
name
____________________
case
your
child
doesn't
like
the
first
one
.
'
