thatswhywelovegermany:

useless-germanyfacts:

it’s just the common believe among us all that all ppl called Kevin (or chantal) are not so intelligent humans

This prejudice originated probably from a surge in popularity of the name Kevin after the film “Home alone”.

There was an experiment in which teachers were given identical essays written by a real high school student with the only difference of the author’s name. For one group of teachers, the essay was written by a “Kevin”, for the other group by a “Maximilian”. “Kevin’s” essay was graded on average almost one mark worse than “Maximilian’s”.

In Vienna, it is now possible for bearers of the name “Kevin” to change their name for a reduced fee (50 € instead of 300 €), because “the name could lead to unacceptable disadvantages in economic or social relations”.