A lot! Abram gets his name changed to Abraham, Simon to Peter, Saul to Paul.
When Moses gets commissioned to save the Hebrews from slavery, he asks, "Who shall I say sent me?" He wanted to know God's name. So why are names so important, not only in religion, but in marketing, branding, motivating?
First, there is sound.
Both Hinduism and Judaism agree that the world was created by sound. Even scientists call the first manifestation of matter, the the 'big boom'.
Second, there is shape.
Letters and pictographic symbols take space and use form.
Third there is association.
Lincoln and Cadillac were people before they were cars. Why do you think Ford and GM named the cars after these people? Yep, association. Often people choose names for their children that are associated with relatives or other people they admire. Is this a wise choice?
Fourth, there is number.
Every letter of the alphabet has a number associated with it. Out of the consonants we can glean one trend about the personality and life path of the individual, out of the vowels another and finally out of the entire name, something else.
Think carefully before choosing a name. It may be more important than you think.
When Moses gets commissioned to save the Hebrews from slavery, he asks, "Who shall I say sent me?" He wanted to know God's name. So why are names so important, not only in religion, but in marketing, branding, motivating?
First, there is sound.
Both Hinduism and Judaism agree that the world was created by sound. Even scientists call the first manifestation of matter, the the 'big boom'.
Second, there is shape.
Letters and pictographic symbols take space and use form.
Third there is association.
Lincoln and Cadillac were people before they were cars. Why do you think Ford and GM named the cars after these people? Yep, association. Often people choose names for their children that are associated with relatives or other people they admire. Is this a wise choice?
Fourth, there is number.
Every letter of the alphabet has a number associated with it. Out of the consonants we can glean one trend about the personality and life path of the individual, out of the vowels another and finally out of the entire name, something else.
Think carefully before choosing a name. It may be more important than you think.