Have you ever heard of nominative determinism? Not many of  us have - that is why the title of this story is a more familiar one, though even that may lead your thoughts to something else.

But we all do sometimes bump into this phenomenon. It is the hypothesis that people tend to gravitate towards areas of work that fit their names - either first or last names. The another matter entirely is that some people change their names to fit their profession.

These people with remarkably fitting surnames is a marginal thing of course. Not all of us even have such last names nor the desire to attain a profession that would fit that name. Of course, to select only those cases that seem to give evidence for nominative determinism is to ignore those that do not. Most probably and in most cases it is all a matter of coincidence, and this article is just to show some of these coincidences.

So, a list of some of the people whose lives fall under nominative determinism:

Igor Judge  - a retired British lawyer and judge born in Malta who served as the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. He has said that he has no recollection of anyone commenting on his destined profession when he was a child, adding “I’m absolutely convinced in my case it is entirely coincidental and I can’t think of any evidence in my life that suggests otherwise”.

Karhu. The word karhu means bear in English.

Hanna Kurki - works at the Helsinki Zoo, taking care of the buildings and the environment. Kurki means common crane in English.

Pekka Pouta - a popular meteorologist in Finland. Checking this video of him at work helps you understand why that is. Keep in mind that the degrees are in Celcius. And that last name - Pouta - means fair weather.