Is it fair to judge someone by their first name?

Is it fair to judge someone by their first name? Like, if someone's first name is Osama is it fair to assume they're a terrorist?

Is it fair to judge someone by their first name?
Of course it's unfair to judge a person by their first name. To answer the underlying question regarding a certain political candidate, some Americans are total idiots.
Reply:No it isn't fair but you can't help doing it sometimes. If you've known someone horrible in your youth and you meet someone with the same name later on in life, you could be forgiven for assuming they were going to be horrible too, but fortunately that sometimes turns out to be the opposite.





With a name like Osama, it's probably quite a common name where he's from and no, they're probably not all terrorists!



Reply:Only if they chose it themselves, or they're obviously proud of it. You can't blame someone for the name their parents gave them. I knew a woman once whose hippie parents had named her "Helen Mary Rainbow", and that wasn't her fault - but since she went around introducing herself as "Helen Mary Rainbow Smith", and always wrote it out in full instead of calling herself just "Helen Smith", I reckoned she was as dorky as her parents.
Reply:Absolutely not! Never judge someone by their name, appearance, or anything for that matter! My best friend named her son Rueben because she liked that name and saw it in the bible, and someone asked her why she named her son that when hes not even Mexican. That person is a complete idiot. Thats horrible and it's not fair. So please don't do it.
Reply:I don't think so, I mean I know loads of people with the same name and some can be really nasty and some can be nice. It's kind of like saying that all people who have blue eyes are rude. I'm not trying to sound harsh, you understand, right? Stereotyping can stir up a lot of trouble. Good on you for putting the question out there!





Then again, there are a lot of things that go towards a first impression, like appearance and things, but what you need to remember is that most people can't do anything about their names. It's actually quite a meaty question.





Brain is whirring!
Reply:No, it's not fair. But we are human beings and we do it every day. Let me give you an example about how I, being a human , will react to the name Laura or Lori. From child-hood till today, I have always had bad experiences with girls by this name.





They were either crazy, back stabbers or worthless on the job. I don't have any close friends by this name. It's not right...it's just my experience. People often judge because of personal experience!
Reply:How is this even a valid question? No person should be judged by their name unless they chose to change it themselves to represent something.
Reply:NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...


Would you wanna be judged by your first name?????
Reply:If someones name is Jeffrey can you assume that they kill and eat people? No, so there you go, the answer is no.
Reply:~~No, it's totally ignorant. The child does not pick his name, his/her parents do.~~
Reply:Well it's not fair, but people do it.
Reply:its not fair
Reply:yes, sometimes you may be right
Reply:I sure hope no one judges me just because I was "gifted" with a dorky name when I was a newborn! That's NOT my fault!
Reply:That would be ridiculous.. after all it's our parents who choose our names, not us...