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* [[Usain Bolt]], Jamaican sprinter<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-aptronym-names-1689129|title=Aptronym - Definitions and Examples in English|last=Nordquist|first=Richard|access-date=30 May 2018|archive-date=14 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414174644/https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-aptronym-names-1689129|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
* [[Usain Bolt]], Jamaican sprinter<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-aptronym-names-1689129|title=Aptronym - Definitions and Examples in English|last=Nordquist|first=Richard|access-date=30 May 2018|archive-date=14 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414174644/https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-aptronym-names-1689129|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
* [[Doug Bowser]], president of [[Nintendo of America]] ([[Bowser]] is a character from a flagship Nintendo franchise, [[Super Mario]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/doug-bowser-and-other-people-whose-names-perfectly-fit-their-jobs-2019-02-22 |title=Doug Bowser & Other People Whose Names Perfectly Fit Their Jobs |last=Lyn Pesce |first=Nicole |date=22 February 2019 |website=[[MarketWatch]]|quote=Some people seem born into their professions. Take Doug Bowser, the incoming president of Nintendo of America, whose surname is the same as one of the videogame company's most recognizable villains. Bowser, after all, is the evil turtle-dragon hybrid that plucky plumbers Mario and Luigi have to keep rescuing the princess from. |access-date=23 February 2019 |archive-date=22 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222210916/https://www.marketwatch.com/story/doug-bowser-and-other-people-whose-names-perfectly-fit-their-jobs-2019-02-22 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Doug Bowser]], president of [[Nintendo of America]] ([[Bowser]] is a character from a flagship Nintendo franchise, [[Super Mario]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/doug-bowser-and-other-people-whose-names-perfectly-fit-their-jobs-2019-02-22 |title=Doug Bowser & Other People Whose Names Perfectly Fit Their Jobs |last=Lyn Pesce |first=Nicole |date=22 February 2019 |website=[[MarketWatch]]|quote=Some people seem born into their professions. Take Doug Bowser, the incoming president of Nintendo of America, whose surname is the same as one of the videogame company's most recognizable villains. Bowser, after all, is the evil turtle-dragon hybrid that plucky plumbers Mario and Luigi have to keep rescuing the princess from. |access-date=23 February 2019 |archive-date=22 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222210916/https://www.marketwatch.com/story/doug-bowser-and-other-people-whose-names-perfectly-fit-their-jobs-2019-02-22 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Gary Bowser (no relation to Doug), member of the [[Team Xecuter]] hacking group convicted for selling [[Nintendo Switch]] piracy devices<ref>{{cite web |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/04/bowser-free-from-prison-still-owes-nintendo-14-5m-for-switch-hacking/ |title=Switch modder Bowser released from prison, likely owes Nintendo for rest of life |last=Purdy |first=Kevin |date=2023-04-18 |website=[[Ars Technica]] |quote=[Gary] Bowser, a key figure in the nominative determinism hypothesis, is often described as a "hacker" but mainly worked in sales and promotion for Team Xecuter (or TX) as 'kind of a PR guy.' The group developed and sold jailbreaking devices dating back to the original Xbox under various brand and release names. While these devices opened up systems for homebrew, Linux, and other uses, they also made it simple to load pirated ROMs onto devices. Team Xecuter benefited from the open source work of Switch hackers, sold devices at a profit to help others hack their Switches, and were far more explicit about the piracy aspects of their exploits than other groups. |access-date=2023-10-20}}</ref>
* [[Russell Brain, 1st Baron Brain]], neurologist<ref>{{Cite book|author=Christian, Brian|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tnxQCgAAQBAJ&q=early+wynn+aptronym&pg=PT37|title=The Most Human Human: What Artificial Intelligence Teaches Us About Being Alive|publisher=DoubledayC|year=2011|isbn=9781936863310|access-date=14 October 2020|archive-date=25 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125062842/https://books.google.com/books?id=tnxQCgAAQBAJ&q=early+wynn+aptronym&pg=PT37|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Russell Brain, 1st Baron Brain]], neurologist<ref>{{Cite book|author=Christian, Brian|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tnxQCgAAQBAJ&q=early+wynn+aptronym&pg=PT37|title=The Most Human Human: What Artificial Intelligence Teaches Us About Being Alive|publisher=DoubledayC|year=2011|isbn=9781936863310|access-date=14 October 2020|archive-date=25 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125062842/https://books.google.com/books?id=tnxQCgAAQBAJ&q=early+wynn+aptronym&pg=PT37|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Rosalind Brewer]], executive at [[Starbucks]] and a former director at [[Molson Coors Brewing Company]]<ref>{{cite news| last=Berman| first=Laura| date=6 September 2017| title=Starbucks Adds Fittingly Named Rosalind Brewer, Sam's Club Veteran, as COO| url=https://www.thestreet.com/story/14295568/1/starbucks-adds-fittingly-named-rosalind-brewer-sam-s-club-veteran-as-coo.html| work=The Street| access-date=2017-09-14| archive-date=14 September 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914125146/https://www.thestreet.com/story/14295568/1/starbucks-adds-fittingly-named-rosalind-brewer-sam-s-club-veteran-as-coo.html| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| last=Noah| first=Timothy| date=17 May 2006| title=Wayne Schmuck, Used-Car Distributor| url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2006/05/wayne-schmuck-used-car-distributor.html| work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]| access-date=9 May 2022| archive-date=14 September 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914082617/http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/chatterbox/2006/05/wayne_schmuck_usedcar_distributor.html| url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Rosalind Brewer]], executive at [[Starbucks]] and a former director at [[Molson Coors Brewing Company]]<ref>{{cite news| last=Berman| first=Laura| date=6 September 2017| title=Starbucks Adds Fittingly Named Rosalind Brewer, Sam's Club Veteran, as COO| url=https://www.thestreet.com/story/14295568/1/starbucks-adds-fittingly-named-rosalind-brewer-sam-s-club-veteran-as-coo.html| work=The Street| access-date=2017-09-14| archive-date=14 September 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914125146/https://www.thestreet.com/story/14295568/1/starbucks-adds-fittingly-named-rosalind-brewer-sam-s-club-veteran-as-coo.html| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| last=Noah| first=Timothy| date=17 May 2006| title=Wayne Schmuck, Used-Car Distributor| url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2006/05/wayne-schmuck-used-car-distributor.html| work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]| access-date=9 May 2022| archive-date=14 September 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914082617/http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/chatterbox/2006/05/wayne_schmuck_usedcar_distributor.html| url-status=live}}</ref>

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An aptronym, aptonym, or euonym is a personal name aptly or peculiarly suited to its owner.

History

The Encyclopædia Britannica attributes the term to Franklin P. Adams, a writer who coined it as an anagram of patronym, to emphasize "apt".[1]

According to Frank Nuessel, in The Study of Names (1992), an aptonym is the term used for "people whose names and occupations or situations (e.g., workplace) have a close correspondence."[2]

In the book What's in a Name? (1996), author Paul Dickson cites a long list of aptronyms originally compiled by Professor Lewis P. Lipsitt, of Brown University.[3] Psychologist Carl Jung wrote in his book Synchronicity that there was a "sometimes quite grotesque coincidence between a man's name and his peculiarities".[4]

Nominative determinism is a hypothesis which suggests a causal relationship based on the idea that people tend to be attracted to areas of work that fit their name.

Notable examples

Inaptronyms

Some names are very inappropriate for what the person does, being called inaptronyms by Gene Weingarten of The Washington Post.[72]

See also

  • -onym
  • Nominative determinism, the hypothesis that a person's name can have a significant role in determining key aspects of their job, profession or even character

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