I really don't think so, i have seen lot of people with the name dickson buh are still successful, do u know the meaning of dick? dick is penis, if u add it son it will be penisson, buh seriously name doesn't affect the bearer, in the western world we hear names like drinkwater, rice, butt, smoke, fish and e.g buh this people are always successful, i wonder why we africans take everything serious,
Drop ur comments do name affect the bearers?

LadyMercedes:
Lucifer means bearer of Light. But according to the World's Greatest Fictitious Book Bible, he was the opposite.

I, personally, don't think names affect the bearers. What's in a name?

The name of my cousin's houseboy is Kolawole, meaning Wealth has come home (or something). Ironic, no?
One of my dad's Kazeem mechanics is called Folorunsho. Which of the heavens is he holding to guard?

i like the way u reason, buh an average Nigerian don't see things that way