Is it normal to hate your own name?

Is it normal to hate your own name? I'm from a small country with a weird language, but I work internationally and most people I meet have a hard time pronouncing my name. It's a constant concern of mine. IIN?

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Based on 63 votes (48 yes)
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  • auNatural

    It's pretty normal to me. I absolutely hate my name. It just makes me mad that I was not able to pick out my name from the start lol. My parents named me :( and when people read my name they always mess it up. I like the way my name is pronounced but the spelling is horrible. I suggest others not to name there kid something with silent letters like with a "tia" ending because people can't read lol Letia is pronounced Lateesha not La'Tia.
    Okay,this feels better to get off my chest.

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  • I think it's normal. I hated my name when I was young, people always got it wrong because it sounds similar to another name.

    But my mum wanted to call me Amelia Jane, so I love my name now.

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  • yeah its normal that's why i wish i had a time machine so i can go to my mother in the past and tell her the name i want.... i hate my name

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  • MrsBailey9

    Give yourself a nick name.

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  • BallerinaCass

    I've wanted to change my name since I was 10.

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  • I hate when people call me Zachary so I make them say zach, Zachary sounds kidisd

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  • themanofmw2

    I didnt like mine when i was five and i wanted it to be rocket but i knew a kid when i was younger and his dads name was harry winer

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  • waterfalls02

    Change your name and finito.

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  • Golden

    I had the same feelings about my given name. It was foreign and no one could pronounce it and I got tired of always having to repeat it, or pronounce it right for someone a thousand times. When I got to middle school I changed it. I went by a different form of my name (think Anne forming into Annita) Now everyone calls me the name I want and I love it! My family calls me by my given name and my friends and co-workers call me by the name I love :)

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  • Teecat

    I know how to spell my last name super fast for hotel receptionists because I, too, come from a small country with a weird language ;D But I actually like my name a lot, because it's so weird internationally!

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  • My name is Ronald Bacon

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    • noodle76

      SIMS!

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