Name Associations

[vangelis]

I am fascinated by names and often associate someone's name with a personality characteristic they might possess. Do you do this and if so what traits does a person's name suggest to you?

I will start things off and although I mean no offence to anyone called this I associate the name Derek with being boring.

 

[Crossbreed]

Onomastics [names] is one of my interests, too. When it comes to real people, I am usually aware of their actual meanings.

When I commission figures at Studio 126 [see bio page], I name them according to both name meanings and name impressions.

Impression examples:

• A woman who reminds me of a Persian cat, Priscilla a.k.a. Prissy
• Her husband who reminds me of an owl, Alwin a.k.a. Al
  
• Another woman who reminds me of a skunk, Misty
• A man who reminds me of a kangaroo rat, Joey

Meaning examples:

• A cougar-looking man; Leandro, "lion-man"
• Black Bear hamster, a woman; Ursula, "little she-bear"
• An ant-looking guy; Miles, "soldier"
• A mountain sheep-looking woman; Rocky < Raquel, "ewe"

 

[Streetwise]

culture they all correlate to that .

 

[Idahocalypse]

I associate the name Katie with the color violet. I don't know why, but I always have.