When we hear the names Karen, Chad, or Tyrone, we form an immediate impression in our minds about that person. Studies have shown that your name impacts your life and your relationships.

This article, How our names shape our identity, was written in 2015, but I think the idea is more pertinent today,

"People draw subconscious cues all the time about people," Figlio said. "You meet a person for the first time and without thinking about it on an explicit level you're looking at the way they're walking, what their accent sounds like, how they're dressed, whether they smell… and you're developing these immediate reactions."

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