Comments on: You sure look like a Bob to me

By: George McIntyre

George McIntyre — Thu, 24 May 2007 20:38:00 +0000

Are names ‘magnetic’?
In PNG a number of years ago, a large % of the staff had Brian as the first name and in Guyana the dominant name was Paul. Could there be any possible ‘other’ reason than simple coincidence?
Good luck
George

By: bob kirk

bob kirk — Thu, 24 May 2007 19:38:55 +0000

Hi,

My name is Bob but I have never had the experience of being told that I ‘look like a Bob’ or any other name for hat matter. Most people do seem to remember my name so maybe I am a ‘typical’ Bob - I do not have a round face nor do I have a particlarly thin face, but my blond, anglo look could easily be a Bob. As my fellow Englishman Bill Shakespeare once wrote ‘a rose by any other name’ - or what’s in a name!

Yours, Bob Kirk
Los Angeles

By: Gretchie

Gretchie — Wed, 23 May 2007 00:21:19 +0000

When I was growing up in the 1950’s, my name, Shannon, was a boy’s name. So signing up for camp or college always led to an interesting result. I certainly didn’t look like a “Shannon.” No red hair, no freckles. I didn’t know any girls with my name. I was named after my mother’s maiden name resulting in me having both my mother and father’s last names (both extremely Irish) as my own. Usually I introduce myself and follow with, “Like the Irish airport.”

By: lindsay

lindsay — Tue, 22 May 2007 22:25:34 +0000

Wow. The Name Voyager is surely the coolest thing I’ve seen all day… certainly cooler than looking up the origins of my name in baby books. “Lindsay” peaked during the 1980s aa the 44th most popular name (explaining the seven Lindsay/Lindseys in my tenth grade English class) and then declined. Interesting, though, is that it shows a slight rise in 2006, supposedly with the advent of Lindsay Lohan. And if you look at “Paris” you’ll see a very, very sharp peak in the past few years.

By: Neil Roberts

Neil Roberts — Tue, 22 May 2007 18:20:49 +0000

I don’t get too many “you look like”s, but people do frequently misremember me as Ian. (one syllable, same vowel and prominent consonant - not too far off, I suppose). Here’s my favorite name tool: The Baby Name Wizard’s Name Voyager http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html You can search for any name and see the comparative popularity of different names since 1880.