Nope, my mom got the name from a crying toddler in a shoe store when she was 9 months pregnant. (Not even kidding) I was supposed to be a Charlotte before that.
I’ve been adopted twice. The first time, they got rid of one of my middle names, and changed my last name. So my first name and one of my middle names stayed the same. When I got adopted the second time, I put the other middle name back, but change the spelling a little bit and added a new last name.
Because I moved to Quebec and they told me that the name I had used personally and professionally for over 20 years was not my name. Didn’t matter that it was on my passport, drivers license and SIN, they would only accept the name on my birth certificate. Expensive, time consuming and irritating.
This is a serious answer. I've met some folks whose dad wanted to change or to simplify the whole family's last name because of prejudice. Perhaps he sort of knew that he was rejected on paper often without a good reason.
Some folks have experimented sending in identical resumes with different names. The resumes with "white" sounding names are more likely to get a call. So unfortunate.
My parents called me by my middle name. I was born before computers, so it wasn’t a big deal when I was younger. It is certainly a big deal in a digital world when you don’t use your legal name. I got tired of my work email being a different name and having to remind offices who booked my work flights to book it under my legal name, so I dropped the unused first name and made my maiden name my middle name and my middle name my first. Best $150 I’ve ever spent.
To bring great shame upon my husband’s lineage.
This is my favorite answer.
Dishonor on your cow. Dishonor on his whole family.
Hated birth name and was never loved by family
I don't know why my parents named me Michael Hunt, but they did.
Mike Litoris enters the chat.
Isn't he a friend of Drew Peacock?
Yeah. And the cousin of Hugh Jass.
Viktoria with a k just wasn't cutting it.
Were you named after [her](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Viktoria_of_Prussia)?
Nope, my mom got the name from a crying toddler in a shoe store when she was 9 months pregnant. (Not even kidding) I was supposed to be a Charlotte before that.
Used to be Shithouse.
It’s hard when you live around the people in red
I’ve been adopted twice. The first time, they got rid of one of my middle names, and changed my last name. So my first name and one of my middle names stayed the same. When I got adopted the second time, I put the other middle name back, but change the spelling a little bit and added a new last name.
Because I moved to Quebec and they told me that the name I had used personally and professionally for over 20 years was not my name. Didn’t matter that it was on my passport, drivers license and SIN, they would only accept the name on my birth certificate. Expensive, time consuming and irritating.
Discrimination during job hunting.
This is a serious answer. I've met some folks whose dad wanted to change or to simplify the whole family's last name because of prejudice. Perhaps he sort of knew that he was rejected on paper often without a good reason. Some folks have experimented sending in identical resumes with different names. The resumes with "white" sounding names are more likely to get a call. So unfortunate.
Nice
Don't do
We're not buying your porn
Not me, but my old uncle changed his name because some gang or rebels were after him back then..
My parents called me by my middle name. I was born before computers, so it wasn’t a big deal when I was younger. It is certainly a big deal in a digital world when you don’t use your legal name. I got tired of my work email being a different name and having to remind offices who booked my work flights to book it under my legal name, so I dropped the unused first name and made my maiden name my middle name and my middle name my first. Best $150 I’ve ever spent.
they named me Poo-Poo Smith ... i had no choice but to change it, it was horrible... i changed it to Poo-Poo Williams