Before you go and shell out big bucks for your naming consultant, make a check out to me for this little gem: Don't name your kid something starting with 'C' or 'D'. And if you hope to raise a slugger, steer clear of names starting with 'K' (cuz that's how strikeouts are recorded.) According to this article, people have an affinity for the letters in their own names, especially their initials. It's unconscious, but people gravitate towards stuff with their initials: "So for example, we know now that people named Jack are more likely to move to Jacksonville as compared to people named Phil, who are more likely to move to Philadelphia." And people buy products that sound like their names, and get together with partners with similar names. Chris and Christina. Paris and Paris. It's so cute! You get the idea. 

Anyhow, the researchers found that students with a 'C' or 'D' as an initial had a lower GPA than other students, and batters with 'K' as an initial struck out slightly more often. Oh, but you can't stack the deck by giving your kid an 'A' name, because everyone who has a grade-irrelevant initial is also shooting for A's, and good grades are harder to get anyway, or something. Anyhow, I guess I'm screwed for ballplaying (I coulda been a contender--thanks mom and dad) but this does explain why I'm so very fond of kittens and knives.