Person's name related to their profession
Anaptronym ,aptonym , oreuonym is apersonal name aptly or peculiarly suited to its owner (e.g. their occupation).[ 1]
Gene Weingarten ofThe Washington Post inaptonym as anantonym for "aptonym".[ 2]
The word"euonym" (eu- +-onym ), dated to late 1800, is defined as "a name well suited to the person, place, or thing named".[ 3]
TheEncyclopædia Britannica Franklin P. Adams , who coined the word "aptronym" as ananagram ofpatronym [ 4] Oxford English Dictionary Funk & Wagnall’s dictionary in 1921, defined as "a surname indicative of an occupation: as, Glass, the glazier".[ 3] [ 5] Carl Jung wrote in his 1960 bookSynchronicity [ 6] [ 7]
In the 1966 bookWhat's in a Name? ,Paul Dickson , among other peculiar types of surnames, has a section on aptronyms which includes a list of aptronyms selected from his large collection. The latter originated from the one received from professor Lewis P. Lipsitt ofBrown University and further expanded with the help of Dickson's friends, mostly from newspapers and phone books. Some newspaper columnists collect aptronyms as well.[ 6]
Jules Angst , Swiss professor ofpsychiatry , who has published works aboutanxiety (angst )[ 8] Michael Ball , English footballer[ 9] Layne Beachley , Australian former world champion surfer[ 10] Alexander Graham Bell , developer of thetelephone [ 11] Bert "Tito" Beveridge, founder of beverage companyTito's Vodka [ 12] Ian Bishop ,Church of England bishop[ 13] Doctor Willard Bliss , physician who treated PresidentJames A. Garfield [ 14] Sara Blizzard ,meteorologist and television weather presenter for theBBC [ 8] Usain Bolt , Jamaican sprinter[ 15] [ 16] Doug Bowser , president ofNintendo of America (Bowser is a character from a flagship Nintendo franchise,Super Mario [ 17] Russell Brain, 1st Baron Brain , neurologist[ 18] Rosalind Brewer , executive atStarbucks and former director atMolson Coors Brewing Company [ 19] [ 20] Rosalind Canter , BritishOlympic equestrienne (woman who rides horses professionally), winner of the2018 FEI World Equestrian Games [ 21] Christopher Coke and his fatherLester Coke , Jamaican drug lords andcocaine traffickers[ 22] Thomas Crapper , British sanitary engineer often erroneously referred to as the inventor of the flush toilet[ 9] [ 23] [ 24] Ed Currie , a world-record holdingchili pepper breeder[ 25] Mark De Man , Belgian football defender (marking an opposing player)[ 26] Jim DeRentis, an American real estate agent[ 27] David Dollar , American economist[ 28] [ 29] Carla Dove , American ornithologist who specializes inbird strikes [ 30] Josh Earnest , the thirdpress secretary for theObama administration [ 31] Rich Fairbank , American billionaire and CEO of theCapital One bank, which holds the Fairbanking Mark for offering fair banking products[ 32] [ 33] Cecil Fielder andPrince Fielder , father-and-son baseball players (fielder )[ 34] Jeff Float , American swimmer[ 35] Bob Flowerdew , British gardener and TV/radio presenter[ 36] Amy Freeze , American meteorologist[ 37] William Headline , formerWashington bureau chief forCNN [ 38] Thomas Hogg , 17th-century New Englander accused of fathering deformed piglets by having sex with a sow.[ 39] Sunny Hostin , American television host[ 40] John Hunter , Scottish hunter and writer[ 41] Selwyn Image , English artist and designer[ 42] Fielder Jones , baseball center fielder[ 43] Igor Judge , English judge andLord Chief Justice [ 44] [ 45] John Laws , English judge andLord Justice of Appeal [ 46] Michael Lord , British member of theHouse of Lords .[ 47] Richard and Mildred Loving , plaintiffs inLoving v. Virginia interracial marriage throughout the United States[ 48] George McGovern , Americanpolitician andsenator in thefederal government [ 49] [ 50] [ 51] Chris Moneymaker , American poker player and2003 World Series of Poker champion[ 52] David W. Music , American composer of church music[ 53] Eugenius Outerbridge , inaugural chairman of thePort Authority of New York and New Jersey ; namesake of theOuterbridge Crossing , the outermost bridge betweenNew York andNew Jersey [ 54] Gabe Pressman , American journalist[ 55] Francine Prose , American novelist[ 56] Rich Ricci , American-British banker.[ 57] Corona Rintawan , Indonesian physician who ledMuhammadiyah 's command center for theCOVID-19 pandemic [ 58] Bob Rock , Canadian music producer best known for his works with rock acts such asMetallica andAerosmith [ 59] Mat Sadler , English football manager who played for and now managesWalsall , nicknamed "The Saddlers"[ 60] [ 61] [ 62] Tennys Sandgren , American tennis player[ 63] Marilyn vos Savant , American columnist who has been cited for having the world's highest-recordedIQ (savant )[ 64] Toby Savin , English football goalkeeper (saving )[ 65] [ 66] Kayla Sims , American YouTuber and Twitch streamer, best known for playingThe Sims 4 [ 67] Daniel Snowman , British historian and author of book on polar explorations[ 68] Larry Speakes , former acting White House Press SecretaryScott Speed , American racecar driver who has raced in a variety of motorsport, includingFormula One andFormula E [ 69] [ 70] [ 71] Dávid Strelec , Slovak football forward ("Strelec" is the Slovak word for "shooter" or "striker")[ 72] Eugène Terre'Blanche , South African white nationalist (Terre'Blanche translates to "white land" in French)[ 73] [ 74] [ 75] Juan Trippe - founder of Pan American AirwaysGeorge Francis Train , entrepreneur who was heavily involved in the construction of the eastern portion of thefirst transcontinental railroad across the United States[ 16] Jeremy Wade , British angler.Alexander Burns Wallace , creator of therule of nines , a system for estimating bodily surface area affected byburns Keith Weed , president of theRoyal Horticultural Society [ 76] Anthony Weiner , American politician involved insexting scandals[ 37] [ 77] Emily Wines , American wine professional and board chair of theCourt of Master Sommeliers [ 78] William Wordsworth , English poet and advocate for the extension ofBritish copyright law [ 79] [ 80] [ 9] Early Wynn , baseball pitcher, member of the300 win club [ 81] Tiger Woods , American professional golfer; awood is a type of golf club[ 9] Mary Yu , associate justice of theWashington Supreme Court who officiated the state's first same-sex marriage[ 82] Capt. Artemus Wheeler, invented the first revolving cylinder matchlock firearm (revolvers are known as wheel guns) Rob Banks, British police officer[ 83] Grant Balfour , baseball pitcher ("ball four")[ 84] Frank Beard , an American musician who, untilc. 2013 , was the only member of rock band ZZ Top without a beard[ 85] Don Black ,white supremacist [ 8] Peter Bowler ,cricketer (in fact, primarily abatsman )[ 8] Doug Bowser , President of Nintendo of America (Bowser is the nemesis of Nintendo's mascot,Mario )[ 86] Samuel Foote , a British actor who lost a leg in a horseriding accident in 1766, and made jokes on stage about "Foote and leg, and leg and foot"[ 87] Claudio Gentile , Italian footballer known for his strength[ 88] [ 89] [ 90] Matt Gobush, spokesperson forAl Gore during his campaign for the2000 presidential election , which Gore eventually lost to rivalGeorge W. Bush [ 91] [ 92] Uzi Hitman , Israeli singer-songwriter, author of anti-war songRatziti Sheteda .Ciro Immobile , Italian footballer known for eluding defenders[ 93] Colleen Lawless , an American lawyer and judge[ 94] Neversink, a town in New York state that was submerged by theNeversink Reservoir in 1953[ 95] Danielle Outlaw , former Philadelphia Police Commissioner[ 96] Jaime Sin ,Catholic prelate . Upon being made acardinal in 1976, he gained the further inaptronymic title of "Cardinal Sin "[ 8] [ 83] Bob Walk , baseball pitcher[ 97] ^ Nuessel, Frank (1992).The Study of Names: A Guide to the Principles and Topics ISBN 9780313283567 Archived from the original on 18 March 2023. Retrieved18 March 2023 . ^ Gene Weingarten (18 July 2006)."Chatological Humor* (UPDATED 7.21.06)" .The Washington Post Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. 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