Kelly, Wendy, Marie-Laure or Metejoor: How Your Name Has a Big Impact on Your Life

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People's names certainly carry prejudices, which arise primarily in situations with little other information and where a quick judgment is required. This is according to linguistics professor Freek Van de Velde, who recently named a boy in Aalst Metejoor after the singer. "We use names unconsciously to categorize people."