aptronym
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thumb|A butcher's shop in Leerdam owned by "C. van der Ham" An aptronym, aptonym, or euonym is a personal name aptly or peculiarly suited to its owner (e.g. their occupation). The word "euonym" (eu- + -onym), dated to late 1800, is defined as "a name well suited to the person, place, or thing named".
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thumb|A butcher's shop in Leerdam owned by "C. van der Ham" An aptronym, aptonym, or euonym is a personal name aptly or peculiarly suited to its owner (e.g. their occupation). The word "euonym" (eu- + -onym), dated to late 1800, is defined as "a name well suited to the person, place, or thing named".
Gene Weingarten of The Washington Post coined the word inaptonym as an antonym for "aptonym".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “aptronym” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.