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 *[https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/why-your-name-matters "Why Your Name Matters,"] ''The New Yorker'', Maria Konnikova (December 19, 2013).
 ::"In 1948, two professors at Harvard University published a study of thirty-three hundred men who had recently graduated, looking at whether their names had any bearing on their academic performance. The men with unusual names, the study found, were more likely to have flunked out or to have exhibited symptoms of psychological neurosis than those with more common names. The Mikes were doing just fine, but the Berriens were having trouble. A rare name, the professors surmised, had a negative psychological effect on its bearer."

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 *[https://www.asktraders.com/analysis/born-for-success-the-baby-names-most-likely-to-earn-the-big-bucks/ "BORN FOR SUCCESS – THE BABY NAMES MOST LIKELY TO EARN THE BIG BUCK,"] Asktraders.com.
-:Name	Number of CEO's	Average Salary
+::Name	Number of CEO's	Average Salary
-Michael	7	£42,673.00
+::Michael	7	£42,673.00
 Mark	7	£38,663.00
 David	7	£28,767.00
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 Paul	4	£38,826.00
-:Name	Number of CEO's	Average Salary
+::Name	Number of CEO's	Average Salary
-Mary	4	£42,746.00
+::Mary	4	£42,746.00
 Robin	2	£45,426.00
 Beth	2	£27,843.00
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 *[https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/careers/names-name-cv-linkedin-career-jobs-employment-advice-tips-success/45860 "How to write a CV: How changing your name can boost career success,] Stylist.com (2017).
-: "Those with middle initials (to use the researchers’ example, ‘David F. Clark’) were perceived as smarter, more eloquent, and more qualified than those without (‘David Clark’).  Not only that, but they found that using more than one initial (think ‘David F.P.R. Clark’) was more likely to receive glowing reviews."
+:: "Those with middle initials (to use the researchers’ example, ‘David F. Clark’) were perceived as smarter, more eloquent, and more qualified than those without (‘David Clark’).  Not only that, but they found that using more than one initial (think ‘David F.P.R. Clark’) was more likely to receive glowing reviews."
-:A recent study by LinkedIn has found that, while men tend to secure the top jobs if they go by a nickname (hey there, Phil and Bob), it’s a very different story for women. In fact, the most common names of female CEOs include Deborah, Cynthia and Carolyn – without a shortened name in sight.
+::A recent study by LinkedIn has found that, while men tend to secure the top jobs if they go by a nickname (hey there, Phil and Bob), it’s a very different story for women. In fact, the most common names of female CEOs include Deborah, Cynthia and Carolyn – without a shortened name in sight.
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 Pamela	1	£29,476.00
 Nancy	1	£33,192.00
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 *[https://www.asktraders.com/analysis/born-for-success-the-baby-names-most-likely-to-earn-the-big-bucks/ "BORN FOR SUCCESS – THE BABY NAMES MOST LIKELY TO EARN THE BIG BUCK,"] Asktraders.com.
-Name	Number of CEO's	Average Salary
+:Name	Number of CEO's	Average Salary
 Michael	7	£42,673.00
 Mark	7	£38,663.00
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 Daniel	5	£42,204.00
 Paul	4	£38,826.00
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 *However, employers are less likely to cash-in on female employees named Chloe, Bethany and Chelsea
 *2020 female graduates named Paige stand to earn the least in their chosen field, at £20,190; £10,631 less than colleagues with the successful name of Lily."
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	::Fryer, R. and Levitt, S. (2004), “The causes and consequences of distinctively black names”, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 119 No. 3, pp. 767-805.		::Fryer, R. and Levitt, S. (2004), “The causes and consequences of distinctively black names”, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 119 No. 3, pp. 767-805.
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		+	*[https://resume.io/blog/this-baby-name-will-be-most-successful-at-landing-a-job "This baby name will be most successful at landing a job,"] Resume.io.
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		+	::*"Male graduates named David will hit the jackpot and can expect to rake in £41,617 a year in their chosen field
		+	*Charles, Alex and Robert among favoured male candidate names
		+	*However, employers are less likely to heap praise (and pennies) on male employees with less successful names of Adam, Callum and Connor
		+	*Graduates named Lily take the ladies top spot and can expect to earn £30,821 a year in their chosen field
		+	*Anna, Elizabeth and Sarah among female candidates with more successful names.
		+	*However, employers are less likely to cash-in on female employees named Chloe, Bethany and Chelsea
		+	2*020 female graduates named Paige stand to earn the least in their chosen field, at £20,190; £10,631 less than colleagues with the successful name of Lily."

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 *[https://reason.com/volokh/2022/06/13/the-ukraine-v-ukraine-kiev-v-kyiv-turkey-v-turkiye-moscow-v-moskva/?comments=true#comments Professor Eugene Volokh says] of Kiev:
-** "In Russian, it's pronounced more or less "Kiev" ("Kee-ehv"), and written in a way that would normally be transliterated "Kiev" in English.
+:: "In Russian, it's pronounced more or less "Kiev" ("Kee-ehv"), and written in a way that would normally be transliterated "Kiev" in English.
-** In Ukrainian, it's pronounced more or less "Kyiv" (with the "y" sounding like the "y" in "crypt," though further back in the mouth), and written in a way that would normally be transliterated "Kyiv" in English.
+:: In Ukrainian, it's pronounced more or less "Kyiv" (with the "y" sounding like the "y" in "crypt," though further back in the mouth), and written in a way that would normally be transliterated "Kyiv" in English.
-** But in English, it has historically been pronounced more or less "Kiev," and written "Kiev," doubtless because it was borrowed into English from Russian.
+:: But in English, it has historically been pronounced more or less "Kiev," and written "Kiev," doubtless because it was borrowed into English from Russian.
-** After all, in English we have our own names for many foreign places. We write and say "Moscow" and not "Moskva," "Russia" and not "Rossiya," "Ukraine" and not "Ookraina," "Florence" and not "Firenze," "Spain" and not "España." Indeed, sometimes our names are far indeed from the original: "Germany" and not "Deutschland," "Albania" and not "Shqiperia," "Georgia" and not "Sakartvelo."
+:: After all, in English we have our own names for many foreign places. We write and say "Moscow" and not "Moskva," "Russia" and not "Rossiya," "Ukraine" and not "Ookraina," "Florence" and not "Firenze," "Spain" and not "España." Indeed, sometimes our names are far indeed from the original: "Germany" and not "Deutschland," "Albania" and not "Shqiperia," "Georgia" and not "Sakartvelo."
 I'd say the same about Turkey, which is the English name for the country that calls itself "Türkiye"—just as "İngiltere" is apparently the Turkish name for the country that calls itself "England." I don't think anyone should expect the Turks to change to saying England; why should we expect English speakers to change to saying "Türkiye"? (Greece, by the way, is apparently "Yunanistan" in Turkish, and "Ellada" or "Ellas" in Greek; again, I don't think either Turkish or English or Greek speakers need to change how they pronounce things.)"

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 *[https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/why-your-name-matters "Why Your Name Matters," The New Yorker, Maria Konnikova (December 19, 2013).
 ::"In 1948, two professors at Harvard University published a study of thirty-three hundred men who had recently graduated, looking at whether their names had any bearing on their academic performance. The men with unusual names, the study found, were more likely to have flunked out or to have exhibited symptoms of psychological neurosis than those with more common names. The Mikes were doing just fine, but the Berriens were having trouble. A rare name, the professors surmised, had a negative psychological effect on its bearer."
 :::[https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.1948.9918930 "A Note on Singularity in Given Names,"] B. M. Savage &F. L. Wells 271-272    (1948).
 ::" In 2004, the economists Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Mullainathan created five thousand résumés in response to job ads posted in the classifieds in Chicago and Boston newspapers. Using Massachusetts birth certificates from between 1974 and 1979, Bertrand and Mullainathan determined which names appeared at a high frequency in one race but at a low frequency in another, creating groups of what they termed “white-sounding names” (like Emily Walsh and Greg Baker) and “black-sounding names” (like Lakisha Washington and Jamal Jones). They also created two types of candidates: a higher-quality group, with more experience and a more complete profile, and a lower-quality group, with some obvious gaps in employment or background. They sent two résumés from each qualification group to every employer, one with “black-sounding” name and the other with a “white-sounding” one (a total of four CVs per employer). They found that the “white-sounding” candidates received fifty per cent more callbacks, and that the advantage a résumé with a “white-sounding” name had over a résumé with a “black-sounding” name was roughly equivalent to eight more years of work experience. An average of one of every ten “white” résumés received a callback, versus one of every fifteen “black” résumés. Names, in other words, send signals about who we are and where we come from."
 *[https://www-emerald-com.proxyiub.uits.iu.edu/insight/content/doi/10.1108/02683940810849648/full/pdf?title=the-name-game-affective-and-hiring-reactions-to-first-names "The “name game”: affective and hiring reactions to first names,"]John L. Cotton, Bonnie S. O’Neill and Andrea Griffin, ''Journal of Managerial Psychology'',  23 pp. 18-39 (2008)