Me and my brother have had this problem our whole lives. It can be very embarrassing. Using the little tricks, like repeating someone’s name a few times when we meet doesn’t help at all. Or trying to visualize the person with their name doesn’t help either. It’s really awful, when you forget someone’s name who you work with or went to school with or a neighbor. We’ve always been this way. Me and my brother have learned not to expect each other to introduct each other to people, we both just jump in and say, “Hello I’m so and so’s sister, Kardamom, what’s your name?” Otherwise, we’d both just die of embarrassment.
Interestingly, we’re both very verbal (written and spoken) and very visual, but when it comes to names, there’s just no connect for us. It’s awful.