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It's called nominative determinism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism

• mmh0000 2y ago
  This is the fun but useless information I visit HN for! I can't wait (seriously, not sarcasm) to tell my wife about this.
• memco 2y ago
  I’ve also seen “Aptronym” used for this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym