Nominative Determinism

**Pixie** · 5th July 2007, 10:39

Nominative Determinism is when a person has a name that is,strangely,related to the job they are doing.
As in doctors with the name Death etc.
The best and most exotic I have seen so far is a polar bear research scientist who is named Bryndis Snaebjornsdottir.
Snaebjornsdottir means Snow Bear's Daughter in Icelandic.

**Steam** · 5th July 2007, 10:48

Ah! A term coined by my favourite magazine in the whole universe, New Scientist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism

http://homepage.mac.com/chapmandave/...ms/index2.html

**sels1** · 5th July 2007, 10:51

Our local dog ranger is a Mr Wolff...and his brother works for the SPCA in Wgtn

**janno** · 5th July 2007, 10:53

Mr Pipe the Plumber, first name Dwayne.

**Pixie** · 5th July 2007, 10:56

There is a Barrister/solicitor in Lincoln Rd,Henderson named Jury.
He may eventually become a Judge, and if we bring back capital punishment,he can sideline as an executioner.
Judge Jury and Executioner.Ta Da!

**Pixie** · 5th July 2007, 10:58

Kevin De Cock, director of HIV/AIDS at the World Health Organisation

**skelstar** · 5th July 2007, 11:03

Jsu worked with a Mr Green, who is the Green Mill Manager at a timber mill

**Drum** · 5th July 2007, 11:08

When I was a lad in Nelson we used to chuckle at the sign outside Dr Candy's practice. He was a dentist!

**Goblin** · 5th July 2007, 11:09

Back in the day when milk was delivered to your door, our milkman's name was David Curd.
My cousin applied for a job in a photographic shop, the owners were Mr & Mrs Flashov.

**yungatart** · 5th July 2007, 11:45

Originally Posted by janno

Mr Pipe the Plumber, first name Dwayne.

Nah, tis Jim Pipe, the plumber. His son's name is Dwayne.

**Albino** · 5th July 2007, 12:29

John Littlewood the pediatrician.

**WarlockNZ** · 5th July 2007, 12:40

Originally Posted by Pixie

Kevin De Cock, director of HIV/AIDS at the World Health Organisation

HA HA HA ... that's brilliant

**Bass** · 5th July 2007, 12:43

The world famous accounting firm of......
Fleecem and Scarper

Or the Samoan unemployment beneficiary by the name of Fatulogalofa.
(Samoa has an implied "N" - log is pronounced long)

Perhaps the Tongan "good time girl" - Soisitule

Maybe a constipated arab....... Mustapha Krap

But if you want real people, then I knew a Samoan lady once whose christian name was Nooke. No prizes for guessing how it was mispronounced.

I also knew a family by the name of Mallow who had the cruelty to name their (a bit overweight) daughters, Marsha and Carrie

**SARGE** · 5th July 2007, 13:00

true story..

i went to High School with a girl named Cora Apple.. her father ran an orchard

her best mate was named Ann Teek... thats right .. she now owns a furniture and homewares store in Cincinnati..

all hung around a guy named ...

Michael Michael Michael

he is an acoustic engineer.. ( echo...echo...echo...)