A recent study has apparently found that boys who were given ‘unpopular, uncommon or feminine’ names are at a higher risk for being ‘bad’ and are more likely to spend time in the slammer.
“Shippensburg University professor David Kalist’s report in Social Science Quarterly shows that “unpopular names are likely not the cause of crime”, but he explains that factors often associated with those names can “increase the tendency toward juvenile delinquency.””
The study also points out that oddly named boys are also “ridiculed by peers, come from families of low socioeconomic status and face discrimination in the workforce.”
As Johnny Cash penned in his classic ode to odd names, “I tell ya, life ain’t easy for a boy named “Sue.”
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