What's in a name? Well a lot more than you would think if recent statistics are anything to go by.

名字中蕴藏着什么玄机呢？如果最近的研究数据值得参考的话，名字的意义会比你想象的大得多。

If your name is Deborah or Peter then chances are you're a CEO.

Parents - if you'd like an athlete in the family then best to name your child Ryan, Matt or Jessica. Looking for someone in law enforcement? Simply call on a Billy, Troy or Rodney.

The statistics have been compiled by online professional networking site LinkedIn, who looked at more than 100 million profiles and correlated（相关联） users' names with their occupations.

The analysis did turn up some rather more odd correlations¹, for example, male CEOs in the US are more likely to have four letter names such as Jack², Bill or Fred.

Similarly sales professionals are called shorter names like Chip or Todd while engineers and the names of people who work in restaurants are usually longer.

Female engineers are very likely to be named Kiran, while Thierry is the most prevalent（流行的，普遍的） name in restaurant and food services worldwide.

In comparison with male CEOs, females tend to use their whole name and they are usually longer names with two or three syllables³ like Sally Cynthia or Carolyn.

Study researcher Frank Nuessel, a professor of classical and modern languages at the University of Louisville, said of the findings to MSNBC: 'Typically hypocorisms（委婉语） , the shorter form of a given name, are used in intimate situations as a nickname or a term of endearment⁴.

'It’s possible that sales professionals in the U.S. and male CEOs around the world use these shortened versions of their name as a way to be more approachable and accessible to potential clients.'