Why is it we often think a person looks like their name?

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For example “he looks like a Rob” etc…

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Anonymous 0 Comments

Because names are arbitrary. My name is Thirteen, and everyone says I look like that fits me. Apples don’t look like apples they are just a label we put onto it. There are very few things that have an inherent reason why they are called what they are called

Anonymous 0 Comments

It’s history and association. If every man named tom looked like tom Cruz, someone who looks like tom Cruz that is not named tom would “look like a tom”. It’s just someone’s own history of seeing people and knowing their names. This also applies to historical figures.