Meanings of nominative determinism in English

Is there anything to the concept of nominative determinism?

Have you heard of nominative determinism?

And I don't know if theirs was an example of nominative determinism -a recurring theme in this column.

The term nominative determinism is the idea that a person's name can influence what they do with their life.

If ever one was setting a car up for a fall where nominative determinism were concerned, it should be this.

Unity is probably the ultimate example of nominative determinism, having been conceived in Swastika, Ontario, and given the middle name Valkyrie at birth.

And despite being such an obvious candidate for nominative determinism -the theory that names influence vocation-he never pursued a career in financial services.

Nominative determinism, you'll remember, is the theory that a person's name can influence, positively or otherwise, his or her choice of career.