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Does a baby's name influence chances in life?

Celebrity Size 8 with daughter Ladasha Belle Muraya: Photo; Courtesy

When he was born last February, he was named Georgios Apollo Konstantaras. ‘Georgios’ after his grandfather, “Who is an awesome and good hearted man; a man worth emulating,” says his mother Lizz Njagah Konstantaras. ‘Apollo’, in Luo dialect, means heavenly.

Were they short of options, you could ask. No; if names were subatomic they would easily fill an ocean. There is a plethora of other options: like Bighead Otoyo Konstantaras. But no: Bighead is as ludicrous as it sounds and Otoyo, in Luo, refers to a hyena.

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