] Psychologist Cleveland Kent Evans, who studies names and ] their social effects, says the unusual-name trend among ] celebrities is a kind of self-reinforcing phenomenon. "I ] don't think of these names as coming just from ] celebrities so much as coming from creative celebrities, ] or at least those that want to be thought of as ] creative," he says. "It's the musicians and actresses and ] to some extent the visual artists who give those sorts of ] names to their children. You don't find the politicians ] and athletes giving names like that to their kids." And What Name Will Phinnaeus Have for Mommy? (washingtonpost.com) |