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Do We Look Like Our Siblings’ Names? A Socio-Onomastic Perspective on the Face–Name Matching Effect Cover

Do We Look Like Our Siblings’ Names? A Socio-Onomastic Perspective on the Face–Name Matching Effect

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|Apr 2026

Figures & Tables

Table 1

Female and Male True Names with Same-Sex Sibling Names, Organized in Quadruples.

FEMALE NAMESMALE NAMES
TARGETSIBLINGTARGETSIBLINGTARGETSIBLINGTARGETSIBLING
YintheLincyLouiseEmmaCharlesHenri-FelixMichielMatthias
CatoLotteIrisJoyceRalphBerndKevinJoost
FraukeLobkeCelienHanneXanderJelleThomasRobbe
AxelleEllenDagmarLenieTijmenJoppeVincentIgnace
LenaAnnaSaarKaatJorisKoenLodeSeppe
JanneReineMaïtéEstéeJarneTomBrentTim
JadeNymeeMarteKatoSiebeEpkeMatsWout
LindsayMorganeKatelijnLaurenSanderRubenLukasRafael
LienSaraNoorFienAlexanderDaanPieter-JanTijl
SuzanneJakobaEvelienAstridLouisWannesJonasViktor
YasmineAmberChloéAurélie
SylvieJolienKarlijnMariet
FlorianePaulienMaurissaMalissa
LieselotteCharlotteLouise-MarieAlexandra
ZoëYaniCaroBo
SilkeSaartjeLaureCarolien
SanneEvaJanaInnez
JulieEliseElonaHanna
ChloëChristinaAnn-SophieNieke
JoniMaxineMirtheIlke
ElineNathalieAnnelienSofie
DelphineLauraMadeleinMarta
ImkeTilleTitiaLisa
NoaGiuliaIneJolande
Figure 1

Schematic illustration of target and sibling trials. Picture A represents a woman whose true name (TA) is Cato and who has a sister called Lotte (SA). Picture B represents a woman whose true name (TB) is Iris and who has a sister called Joyce (SB). Half of the participants see picture A, accompanied by the target names, and picture B accompanied by the sibling names (top). The other half of the participants see picture A, accompanied by the sibling names, and picture B, accompanied by the target names (bottom). The answers that constitute evidence for the face–name matching effect are underlined, but this was not the case in the actual experiment. In the experiment, the presentation order of pictures and names was randomized (see section Procedure).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/irsp.1243 | Journal eISSN: 2397-8570
Language: English
Page range: 6 - 6
Submitted on: Mar 19, 2026
Accepted on: Mar 23, 2026
Published on: Apr 14, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2026 Steven Verheyen, Jonathan Van den Berckt, Tom Heyman, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.