it does. Jebez started prospering wen God changed his name

Yes it does...
Native name:Ike...You need to see me, Iam strenght all over!
Baptismal Name: Emmanuel...I was christened Emmanuel earlier in life and since then *In Ado Bayero's voice* I dnt knw hw it feels to be shocked or afraid cos Iam concious of his prescence.
Nickname:General...Iam gradually inching towards becoming a recruit....what more conviction do you need? It does!!

Tah! Na lie u talk, my friends they call me oscar but shingbayi I no sabi play na to dey stay offside like say I get babe way I wan toast na hin i dey do

DEGREE2466: Yes it does have an effect either positively or negatively.

Take for instance a nickname given to someone by his friends. With time, consciously or unconsciously the person begins to behave in similarity to that name

fisrt of all d destiny of n 1 is in d Hands of God. Though, there are cases in the bible where God change the names of certain personns. But the truth is, for u to fulfil ur destiny, u must sincerely live on, obey n pratise His Words because God is His Word

bad meat: I don't know o!but I wonder why I'm BAD,

Lolz...I guess ur username says it all

Name means nothing, absolutely nothing! Of course a name can have a historical reference or emotional link but that is where it ends. There were many solomons, emmanuel, josephs, johns, favor, blessing etc in the dana crash, so is that how the ending of someone with those supposedly positive names should be? All these growing ignorance in nija is caused by 2 things:
1. Excessive home videos made by half-baked, unexposed local movie producers
2. Preaching of academic -failures-turned-pastors

NO your name does not determine your destiny, it can affect your life positively or negatively but does not in anyway determine your destiny.

if u think names don't affect ur destiny! why did jabes (son of sorrow) in the bible pray to God to change his name?