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Correlation: 'double' first name & success

Correlation: 'double' first name & success

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Why do people whose surname is also a common forename enjoy a disproportionate degree of success in life, for e.g. Dave Douglas the successful jazz trumpeter?

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Elton John is a living legend. Who ever heard of John Elton?

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
Elton John is a living legend. Who ever heard of John Elton?
Who ever heard of Andy Handy???

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stage names.

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Maybe if Sirhan Sirhan had been called something like Sirhan Nigel, he might have made a getaway from the Ambassador Hotel.

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Originally posted by FMF
Why do people whose surname is also a common forename enjoy a disproportionate degree of success in life, for e.g. Dave Douglas the successful jazz trumpeter?
And who can forget Smith Barney, right?