What The Letters Mean
The letters that make up your name are interpreted by Name Analysis as follows: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Emphasises all the other letters influencing your life. May mean physical weakness, but spiritual strength. Very positive for health, strength and ‘coping’. An opening-up of travel. Represents extremes – positive events become better, negative ones worse. Indicates something hidden relating to health or affairs of the heart. Monetary and emotional gains. Watch out for added stress and strains. Deeply and intensely emotional, little things matter a lot. Leadership in career and family matters. Indicates the likelihood of travel, but also edginess. Represents change, travel and advancement. Travel & change. Beneficial for love and romance. Emphasises finance good or bad. Brings power and success, but watch your spending. Positive for both business and health. Denotes lots of frenetic activity. Offers protection and recovery from illness.
Laurence Payg, Daily Mail, Page 29, Saturday, August 13th, 1994
Initials That Spell Success
Forget your cholesterol count or your star sign. Your destiny could lie in your monogram reading. People whose initials make a positive statement, such as JOY or WOW, could well live longer more successful lives than those branded with negative self image, like DUD or BUM, say researchers. They combed five million death certificates to conclude that those with inspirational initials such as WIN or VIP lived up to seven years longer and were less likely to commit suicide or die in accidents than those whose monograms were unflattering (DED, UGH). They also fared better than those with neutral (JAY) or meaningless (WFB) initials. Psychologist Nicholas Christenfield, of the University of California, said initials were a symbolic psychological factor which could exert their influence on an individual over the years. He explained: ‘You get teased at school and you wonder what your parents thought of you or if fate is out to get to you’. ‘At every stage, it’s a little depressant to be called PIG, or a tiny boost to your esteem to be called ACE. All we can do is look at the outcome. Dr Christenfield’s team researched the initials of Californian men who died between 1969 and 1997. Comparing groups whose initials were a blessing or a burden, they discovered that those positive connotations lived 4.48 years longer than a control group with neutral monograms, while those with tags like ILL or APE typically died 2.8 years sooner than the control group. Of the men with positive initials, 0.5% committed suicide compared with 3.5% of those with negative initials. Among the well named, 2.5% died in accidents, compared with 6% of the monogram challenged. ‘The notion is that accidents,’ Dr Christenfield said. ‘Deliberate or not, if you think less of yourself, you may be more likely to drive your car into a bridge support.’
What’s In A Name?
How people relate to you can be all in your name. Introduce yourself as Katie, Suzie, Annie or Sam people automatically think of you as friendly andf cheerful, says Dr Albert Mehrabian, a psychologist at the University of California (UCLA). If you want to influence, people stick to more formal name. Katherine, Susan, Anne or Samantha are more likely to be associated with ambition, intelligence, creativity and trustworthiness. ‘A person’s name is an important component of the image they project of themselves’ says Dr Mehrabian.