I agree, no one ever like their name, especially in junior high and high school. I think most people grow to like their names as they mature ... and if you still hate it, just change it!
My name is Shanna, and I hated it as a kid, because ... of course ... I got called Shanna Banana all the time. I like it now that I'm older. What I don't like, though, are people who obviously failed phoenics in school and can't pronounce my name. It's pronounced exactly the way it is spelled - Shan-na. So why do people say Shana, Sheena, Shawna, Shannon?
My niece's name is Spring ... yep, a child of the 60's hippies. She HATES her name.
I feel sorry for people who's parents feel some bizarre need to spell a common name as bizarrely as possible. It's pronounced Megan, but spelled Mmeghhanne ... or pronounced Katelynn and spelled KaiteeLinne. Hello?? Poor people to have to go through life spelling a name like that! What are people thinking?
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