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Perhaps the concept of nominative determinism[0], or (more generally) the saying from Latin, "nomen est omen"[1].

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism[1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nomen_est_omen

"Nominative determinism" is when there are reasons to suppose that the profession was inspired by the name. 'Aptronym' is a term for the expression "name checks".

What's the opposite -- where someone has an unfortunate name for their industry? I know of a developer with the last name Null.

Inaptronym: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym#Inaptronyms

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