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What’s the opposite of nominative determinism?
Seems that this has been asked before, and Wikipedia has gone for inaptronym
I like nominative ironicism or unaptonym.
Relevant https://xkcd.com/739/
“Robin Mahfood, president and CEO of Food for the Poor” was my favorite.
His family had a sense of humour and he kicked it up a notch by becoming policeman / police officer.
His name is Robert but he convinced the TV crew to use the short version
BAD COMPUTER!
Ah it’s my whole Pathfinder party