You want your kids to succeed in life, right? Here are two NAMING tips to give them a slight edge.
1. Give your kid a MIDDLE NAME. Or at least a middle initial. A study out of England found that people with a middle initial get treated as HIGHER STATUS. The researchers think it's because initials make people subconsciously think of the initials in prestigious titles . . . like Ph.D.
2. Give your kid a name that's EASY TO PRONOUNCE. A study out of New Zealand found that people whose names were hard to pronounce had LESS CREDIBILITY than people with easy names.
(Time / Scientific American)