Has anyone here actually been bullied about their name?

Question

because everyone also uses it as a reason why they don't like your names.
my name is kelly and never in my life have i been called smelly kelly except by my sister to be funny.
are people REALLY going to make fun of you kids for having a name that could be made into something remotely close to a mean name?

i understand people are just helping and pointing out the cons of each name, but i'm getting sick of it!

if so...what is your named and what were you called?

also, my apologies if you were bullied about your name, that's not fun. but people have been telling me that if i name my kid summer she will be bullied. i realize anyone can be bullied, but what is so bad about summer?

Answer 1

Well my name is betty, so they tried to call me betty boop, I usually beat them up, and if they would try to call me the wrong name on purpose Id just sucker punch them while saying "It's BETTY!. lol I was a mean lil kid, and they all learned fast I am me and if you dont like it speak up, cuz we will get it straight As i got older and moved i stopped beating up ppl and just said its betty, and just ignored any one that was immature enough to really make a thing out of it. I was named after my grandma so w.e

If your gunna have a different name you have to be stronger in all ways to deal with ppl. In all I love my name, everyone says I am betty, theres no better way to describe me. Im goofy, fun and loving.

Answer 2

Never bullied, my name is Maryjane, so people will some times make a comment about that. But that wasn't until I was an adult. Never bothered me however, I have always liked my name. I think kids will be bullied more...my son has the name Gabriel. Who would ever think a kid would be bullied with that name. Well he has. He has told me that sometimes kids will say he's Gay because of the Gay sound in Gabriel. Gee who would have thought? By the way a couple days ago when he met one of his teachers, she commented that he had a beautiful name. I could see that made him feel good and I was happy she said that to him.

Answer 3

A girl at my school was fairly popular and had lots of friends but was constantly teased about her name- Lagina- you can think about what part of the female anatomy that rhymes with. I think her parents must not have consider her growing up at all when naming her this! Even teachers would look at her name and nervously ask, "Uh, how do you pronounce this?" So I think kids can be teased because of their name. Obviously this is an extreme case and there are many kids with unusual names that won't go through what she went through. But I do think a concern is when it comes to job applications. People do judge others by their name. I worked for a company that threw out an application because the woman's name was Star and the manager had the perception that someone named Star would be lazy and 'not all there'. Not that I agree with him, as I think he was very judgmental, but just to make the point that there will be times when an unusual name may work against you. Other times it might make you stand out!

Answer 4

I was teased about my last name, not my first. It was so bad it haunted me well into adulthood. I dreaded telling anyone my last name because I knew what they would say next. I was so happy when I got married and had a much, much improved last name.

I think if kids are determined to tease, no name is truly safe. But some names beg for it, and those should be avoided. Like the initals A.S.S. for example. That's not something an adult should have to face.

I'd say don't worry about kids bulllying, just try to have something that isn't so bad adults would get a laugh out of it.

Answer 5

You must have lived a very privileged life.

I grew up in a moderately good neighborhood where some children were mostly mean verbally and managed to avoid too many fights. I do not think there was a single kid in school that did not have their name made fun of, especially if it was one that was easy to do (mine does not take well to rhyming insults nor alliterative insults; they mostly just used straight vulgarity).

I have several friends that used to get in fights over their name constantly. I only know a few with really exotic (hippie) names, but they are either very proud of their names or hate them.

Answer 6

I knew several kids that were bullied by using their name. The first one that comes to mind is a little girl who rode the same school bus as me. She was chubby. Her name was Natalie. All the mean kids called her Fatalie.

Answer 7

I've just gotten the usual Australia jokes, nothing too serious.

Although it can be irritating when people insist on calling me Adelaide, Canberra, Melbourne, and even Mooloolooba (those are all other Australian cities, and I apologize to the Aussies if I've misspelled any of them).

Answer 8

I got made fun of because I had a Hebrew last name. Nothing to do with my first or middle.

I did get picked on in elementary school for my first name I would get called Dana- paina

Answer 9

Regardless of your childs name, if you teach them to overcome any teasing they may receive, the teasing will go away. Bullies tease only to see the reaction of their "victim". If you can teach your child not to react, to be a better person, the bullies will get the message and go away. You can't protect them forever, and childhood bullying is a great opportunity to teach children how to deal with life when they are older. They will be more mature and well-adjusted in life if they can learn how to disregard idiotic bullying and peer-pressure at a young age.

Answer 10

Yes, my name is Illya and I moved to the U.S. from the Ukraine in 1986.

So not only did I struggle with the language, but I also had to put up with kids beating me up on the playground because, as I was informed, I had a girl's name.