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Using someone's name can be an effective way of breaking into conversation. It can also be effective when a person seems distracted or has disappeared off into their own head. Formal and informal. Using a formal name is often associated with obedience and can be seen as a sign of respect.

But, historically, many people have anglicized their names to “fit in,” appear more mainstream, or gain social and cultural advantages in countries with dominant Anglo cultures. In fact, research suggests that more than half of Black and Asian job applicants in the U.S. whitened their resumes to avoid any racial cues.

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJ) theorized that people often identify with the social labeling and expectations associated with their name. And their desire to conform becomes reflected in their facial appearance, which makes it possible to guess their name with such surprising success.

Sometimes our names don't match our personalities (whether that's down to stereotypes or literal descriptive words that get used as names, such as 'Patience' or 'Faith'); sometimes they remind us of things we'd rather not think about; sometimes we simply don't like the way they sound.

The process of “Americanizing” names is called the anglicization of names. It's a common practice among Asian Americans who have immigrated or have immigrant parents in an attempt to assimilate.

The researchers surmised that American-sounding first names, then, functioned more as a signal of “an effort to assimilate” than a means of “hiding one's origins.” Immigrants in that era frequently felt pressured to change their own first name.

Anglicization, he writes, allows us "to discuss colonial America as a whole, and to see these distinct societies experiencing similar patterns of change that connect them to the developments that shaped the early modern Anglophone world" (21).

: to adapt (a foreign word, name, or phrase) to English usage: such as. a. : to alter to a characteristic English form, sound, or spelling. b. : to convert (a name) to its English equivalent.

Using someone's name can be an effective way of breaking into conversation. It can also be effective when a person seems distracted or has disappeared off into their own head. Formal and informal. Using a formal name is often associated with obedience and can be seen as a sign of respect.

But, historically, many people have anglicized their names to “fit in,” appear more mainstream, or gain social and cultural advantages in countries with dominant Anglo cultures. In fact, research suggests that more than half of Black and Asian job applicants in the U.S. whitened their resumes to avoid any racial cues.

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJ) theorized that people often identify with the social labeling and expectations associated with their name. And their desire to conform becomes reflected in their facial appearance, which makes it possible to guess their name with such surprising success.

Sometimes our names don't match our personalities (whether that's down to stereotypes or literal descriptive words that get used as names, such as 'Patience' or 'Faith'); sometimes they remind us of things we'd rather not think about; sometimes we simply don't like the way they sound.

The process of “Americanizing” names is called the anglicization of names. It's a common practice among Asian Americans who have immigrated or have immigrant parents in an attempt to assimilate.

The researchers surmised that American-sounding first names, then, functioned more as a signal of “an effort to assimilate” than a means of “hiding one's origins.” Immigrants in that era frequently felt pressured to change their own first name.

Anglicization, he writes, allows us "to discuss colonial America as a whole, and to see these distinct societies experiencing similar patterns of change that connect them to the developments that shaped the early modern Anglophone world" (21).

: to adapt (a foreign word, name, or phrase) to English usage: such as. a. : to alter to a characteristic English form, sound, or spelling. b. : to convert (a name) to its English equivalent.