你的名字重要嗎？/ Does your name matter?

每天我上班的時候，總是會遇到一些英文名字比較有趣的人，例如，今天我發現有人叫 "Scar" (疤痕), 我是完全不想跟他有任何交流，害怕他會傷害我。但是這不是唯一的例子，還有很多有趣的名字：如 "Koala (樹熊)，"Coffee"(咖啡)，"Yellow" (黃色), "Never" (從不)。

Working in Asia, sometime you often bump into people with some really funny English names. Today I found out there is someone named "Scar", the first moment I heard about this name, I do not want to have anything to do with him because I am afraid he could hurt me. But this is not a rare example as there are plenty interest names I have encountered before: "Koala", "Coffee", Yellow", "Never" and you name it.

從小到大，父母會教我們"人靠衣裝"，但是到底我們的名字會否同樣影響其他人對我們的看法？

As a kid, we were taught that it is essential to have a very good first impression. It has a lot to do with your look but what about your name?

因此，我問了"Google"大神一下這問題，結果是：

• 2005年的研究說男孩的名字如果像女孩，在學校一般也會有行為上的問題和學校成績較差。
• 2004年的研究說僱主比較會回覆工作申請人-如果他的名字比較像白人。

Having the question in my head, I turned to Google.com and there are some evidence supporting your name may affect your personality and your first impression.

• In 2005, there is a study found that boys who had girls names were more likely to have behavior problems and do relatively poor in school.
• In 2004, there is a study suggesting employer is more likely to call job applicants with "white" sounding names as opposed to "black" sounding names.

And the list can go on.

心理學家嘗試在這問題提供回答，因為我們從小學到名字是有意思的，所以當我們看見名字是便會用名字去判斷那人的性格。

Psychologist tried to explain the issue further suggesting it is not the actual name itself that affect how people treat you but people learn about there is a reason for you to take the "name" and therefore will Pre-judge you before seeing you in person.

除非你是長這樣子。。。只好說一句香港人都懂的說話" Your face, your fate"

Ofcourse, unless you look like this.