“Studies have shown that recruiters, headhunters, HR managers, bosses and so on will look at the name of an applicant and form instant opinions.”
Indeed. The weirder or more unusual and the LSM/MSM will be all over themselves to get that person hired.
Just anecdotal, but a review of LSM/MSM ‘reporters’ names reflect more than their share of non-standard or odd names.
OTOH, there have been a number of odd first names in the political ranks: McGeorge Bundy, Condoleezza Rice, Newton Gingrich, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Rand Paul off the top of my head. Barack Obama doesn’t count, since he was “Barry” until well into adulthood.