Here at Name Structures, Maryanna Korwitts offers you an instant "Name Report Card" for first names constructed in the English alphabet. Does your name make the grade when it comes to money? Does your love interest earn an "A" in romance? Does your mother-in-law get an "A" for communication? Find out now!

A Name Report Card? Why not? After all, report cards offer students an evaluation of academic performance. So why not find out the grades a particular name is earning, as it influences our personality traits and life circumstances.

If you're like most people, you've always relied on baby naming books to determine a name's meaning. But those little definitions that go on to adorn name plaques and coffee mugs are more than misleading. After all, look up "Hillary," and you'll find "cheerful" in Latin, even though Senator Hillary Clinton is more of a stern taskmaster than a light-hearted cheer giver. Likewise, check out the information for "George," and you will find this name to mean "farmer" in Greek. (The Bush men have obviously ignored the call of their monniker!)

Baby books can be entertaining, but they don't tell us what names mean. Rather, they hint at the energetic influences of names that were carefully constructed in different cultures and alphabets long ago. (A name translated from Hebrew or Latin to English will not maintain the same influence.) Ancient people understood that every name carries a frequency or vibration established by the characters that make up the name. They also knew that the creative (or discordant) energy of a name is released every time that name is spoken, written or even thought. Thus, it's not about what names mean, but rather what they do... and indeed they do a whole lot!

Every personal name is like a sacred mantra that consistently establishes the energetic mood surrounding our personalities, relationships, job choices and financial conditions. If you are fortunate enough to be using a name that is harmoniously constructed, your life is likely to flow with a higher degree of balance, stability and focus... as long as you do your part. However, if you are using a name that is "out of tune," (or if you have outgrown your name vibration) your life conditions will provide more than the usual amount of conflict, drama and confusion.