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On a related note:

C. Limb, R. Limb, C. Limb, D. Limb "Nominative determinism in hospital medicine: Can our surnames influence our choice of career, and even specialty?"

https://publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/pdf/10.1308/147363515X14...




This reminds me that I went to nautical school with someone whose last name was Schiff (German for ship) and he said that was exactly the reason he chose to go to sea. Also remember someone a year ahead of us whose name was Dory (a small rowboat).


In the small rural county where I grew up, the 1/2-time job of county prosecuting attorney was named Lynch. I am not making this up.


I personally know a "Doctor Coffin" (coughing & coffin) as well as a Doctor Payne.




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