Were you teased because of your name?

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If so, was it because your name is unusual? Would you choose a different name if you could? Do you know anyone who wasn't teased about their name?

Seems like some people are pretty scared to pick anything out of the ordinary in case their DC might be teased - I always thought people found something to tease you about, if not your first name then your surname, or the way you look, or what your family's like.

Am I wrong? Genuine questions.

No puzzle - Cock!

Um the only name I associate with Kate Bush is "Cathy!". I'd be amazed if anyone ever wrote a song with my name in it! I don't think it has ever been mentioned on the MN name threads, and I've never met another. There is now a model and a comediene with my name though, so you never know.

My Maiden name rhymed with Whore, so I was always called 'frasersmum whore', if not, then 'ginger whore', or 'ginga minga', or 'Alex the Kid' because I once had a very unfortunate haircut.

I also got asked if I had sunbathed under a sieve every day of my life!

Yes I got called toilet - my name is Louise - loo ....
Ha Ha!!!

Mine is Victoria

Then got Vicki

Then got sticki
tricki
Vicki likes dicky

I really like my unusual name. In my home country people would forever pronounce it wrong and I've always had to spell it. But it doesn't rhyme with anything and it can't be shortened so it was impossible to be teased about. Now, living in the UK, whilst my first name is still very unusual people seem ok with the pronounciation. But now my very foreign surname causes all sorts of problems. I do like it though. People never forget having met me or having heard my name somewhere.

I do know someone called Robert Robins. But I keep having to think whether it's Robert Robins or Robin Roberts.... I'm not even sure now.

I am a Josephine and have never forgiven my parents, however much I love them. All though my life it has been "not tonight...". Ha Ha Ha. Thank goodness my maiden name was ordinary but then I married a Scotsman with a polish surname - no wonder I still use my maiden name at work and we have called our children plain (but lovely) names - have always thought that if you have to have an unusual first or surname, it is cruel to make the other name a bit off the wall as well !

3ofeach and honeydew,

I am another Alexandra, (name changed specially, can you tell?)

I was teased a tiny bit at school mostly because I insisted on my full name (my family still call me that) or Ali/Lexie, as I thought Alex was too boyish. More for freckles really though.

Once I reached college, I realised Alex was a pretty cool name, and more feminine because of it's boyish connections. I've always liked it, and am pleased my parents chose something interesting. In fact I feel quite miffed if I ever meet another one!

I used to get smelly Melly, even though I wasn't.

My middle name is Jayne, and I used to get Melanie Jayne is a pain.

My first surname was Ward, and I used to get called Wart all the time as well.

It was a no win situation really.

IlikeAlexactually

Good! We named our dd1 Alexandra! I have just asked her and she says she likes it. Phew!

I have a boring, ordinary one-syllable name, very popular in the 60s and 70s. I still got people rhyming it with all sorts of other words. I hate my name and deliberately gave my children unusual and nicer-sounding names.

wrinklytum I think we have the same name... Blackadder, Not the 9 o'clock News and a certain autumnal tree? I was lucky because there was another girl in my year at school (and one of my best friends) who shared my name, so we didn't get the 'isn't that a boys' name?' thing.

My name is Dawn and I got, 'up the crack of dawn' all the time, that and 'sunrise'. Having red hair also meant that complete strangers would ask my what colour my pubes were. I like to think it was character forming!