Someone with a specific career may have an urge to change their name to something that matches their career in some way. Similar to nominative determinism except the name changes to match the career as opposed to the other way around.
Mick the mattress salesman has changed his name to Mattress Mick. I guess he had a case of deterministic nominativism.
by silent racket January 15, 2026
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