[ginko]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism

[mrec]

A noble principle, albeit not without its lamentable failures.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspy_Engineer

[micromacrofoot]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Armey

[tzs]

Sometimes it works out opposite. Freakonomics talked about a man in NYC who named one of his sons "Winner" and then another son a few years later "Loser".

Winner ended up as a homeless petty criminal. Loser ended up a NYPD detective.

[memco]

Also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym