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Do you look like your name? People can match names to faces of strangers with surprising accuracy

If your name is Fred, do you look like a Fred? You might -- and others might think so, too. New research has found that people appear to be better than chance at correctly matching people's names to their faces, and it may have something to do with cultural stereotypes we attach to names. Ref. Source 8c.

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I know that "Bearham" is anglo-saxon in origin, but the meaning is really foreign to me as it is actually rather recent. I'm pretty sure it's derived from a place's name (At least to an extent). My family is actually hispanic, and this name stuck because of an adoption. The previous name was "Guerra," which is Spanish for war.

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Tabitha can considered Greek or Aramaic, but is mostly related to the bible from the general search I did. It means 'gazelle', which I find humorous because you'd think 'graceful' but that is completely opposite of what I am. In Greek, my name is translated as 'Dorcas', which is in the bible. This also makes me laugh because I am a huge dork, and it sounds like it fits. According to Wikipedia, my name means 'gorgeous' in Greek, so that gives my confidence a boost.

My mother named me Tabitha after the little girl in the show Bewitched. She said there isn't any other reasoning behind it.