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Although you could argue that a person's name influences their upbringing- the type of name their parents choose for them refelcts the type of people the parents are, and so may reflect the style of parenting employed. It's also possible that peers will react differently to a person depending on what their name is, how it's spelt (Ashley vs. Ashlee, for example), and so on, which may go on to influence the type of person someoe turns out to be.
So upbringing may affect personality, but the name given to a person may affect their upbringing.
Sorry, I'm revising for a psychology exam at the minute, and it's all about the relationship between nature and nurture, so I'm imagining arguments and counter-arguments out of everything :)