zA person is usually known by more than one name. Friends and relatives may use a nickname all by itself. The government might  identify a person by the complete name that was given at birth.  Childhood friends may continue to think of each other in terms of  the names and nicknames that were current in their early years no  matter how the names may change later through marriage, etc. A  first name might be dropped in favour of a more fashionable or  better-sounding middle name. An actor might adopt a stage name  and then become famous and thought of forever after by the name of  a character portrayed. Initials might be substituted and spoken as if they were actual names--"J.R.", "J.F.K.", "B.B. King"... Professional titles might become an integral part of a  name, i.e. "Doctor Johnson", "President Roosevelt", "Captain  Kirk". A person may sign one name on a check, another variation  on a letter to a stranger, another on a deed of land, yet another  in a friend's yearbook--indicating that different roles and  circumstances demand names of specific 'tone' or formality.eived or lived up to.z When choosing a name to submit to PRIME¿ a rule of thumb might  be to try to use the name the subject is known by generally or the  name they prefer to use day to day. It might be instructive to  consider the subject's name given at birth and compare the PRIME¿'s  then to those later in life as the name is altered or changed or  'customized'. What happens when a maiden name is dropped and a  new married name appended? Is the change drastic? Do old  weaknesses disappear and new ones take their place? Does one name  clash more than the other with the Birth #'s? In most cases one  name and its PRIME¿'s will ring true. But some personalities are  complex to the point of confusion and may vary from period to  period, age to age, or mood to mood. Some are more maleable than  others, more reactive than active, moved and changed by external  circumstance and the force of those close by. No one exists  without there being one frame of reference or another through  which they are viewed or so separated from others there is no  influence at all.ecific 'tone' or formality.eived or lived up to.z Naming is, to some degree, ceremonial. When it's time to name a baby or a boat or a new football franchise most of us spend considerable time and thought trying out possibilities. If more than one person must agree on the name then the time required seems to increase exponentially with each added judge. Parents, (depending on how much they care) want their baby's name to sound not only right, given whatever ancestral or expedient names from which to choose, but, whether they know it or not, they also want the name to 'be right'. They want their child to start off in life with whatever qualities they prize themselves. There is usually something the parents were aiming at (or trying to avoid) with the name. Analyzing the name given at birth may reveal much about the subject's parents, their values and hopes and much about the initial heading they tried to establish for the child through their choice of name. As well, the child's eventual acceptance of the given name or rearranging or outright abandoning it may say even more about how well the parents' blueprint was received or lived up to.