My name is Carlos and for years I could not stand my name. I had the āCarlos Santanaā years where everyone would sing Maria Maria after announcing my name. The constant āthatās not your nameā and strange looks (still get those looks whenever I hand over my license from time to time). I guess obtaining the nickname Los from friends and family made it easier. I didnāt truly appreciate my name until my Dad explained to how I got my name. Story goes, my Dad was talking to my grandmother about kid names and she pretty much scolded my Dad for having zero children with Mexican names. He asked her what name would be best and she chose Carlos. Idk I just think itās kinda cute that my grandmother named me. She was the wild and brutally honest and I always respected her for that. Wouldnāt change my name, I think itās pretty cool to look the way I do and have a somewhat unique name for someone with my skin color.
Jun 9, 2024
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I used to hate my name. My mother wanted to name me Mary (after the Virgin Mary) of all things but I ended up with the name āThuweibaā because my dad ended up naming me.
Growing up in a predominately white town it was hard to honor it and I hated my name. I even went to visit Somalia for the first time and my family memebers kept asking my dad why I was given an āAmericanā name. This is far from American lol.
My dadās a history and religion nerd so my nameās pretty archaic. I fucking love it now tho. Itās so darn cool and Iāve never met anyone else with it! āØ
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Oct 14, 2024
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I have a very traditional biblical name as some of you may know and i was sad that it was entirely un-nick-namable but I think it suits me and my personality now. My parents almost named me Kirsten and I sometimes wonder if I would be different if they had gone with thatā¦ and I LOVE when little old southern ladies say my first name and middle name together especially if they preface it with a Miss.
my last name is actually too unique, hyphenated, and ridiculously long and was embarrassing to me for most of my life but Iāve found peace with that too and wouldnāt change it for anything š«¶
Jun 8, 2024
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I'm named Jesus after my dad, it suits him better because he was actually born on christmas. It's a very common name here where I live, and in hispanic culture in general, so for a while I really didn't like it. However, I've learned to love it and I am partial to the "Chuy" nickname that comes along with it!
Jun 8, 2024
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