A woman named after a designer clothing brand has told of her plight. She said she 'hates' her name and is desperate to change it as she thinks it is 'tacky and embarrassing'.
She is called Armani - after the Italian luxury fashion house founded by Giorgio Armani. The woman said her family loves her name but she does not think it suits her and it has led to her being picked on, reports the Mirror.
On Reddit, she said: "My sister named me and my mother and father were dumb enough to listen to her. My family likes my name and so do some people at school but I literally hate my name. I sometimes got picked on for my name as well.
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"I don't fit it. I don't like how it's spelt or how I say it. I don't really want to say my name (because of) how embarrassing and tacky it is."
She added her family now all call her by a nickname - but her classmates continue to use her real name. She said: "I really want to change my name when I'm older and spoke to my mother and sister about this and they got upset and said that my name is fine. I don't really speak about it to them anymore as I don't want to make them upset."
She is unable to go by her middle names - Catherine and Anne - as they belong to her grandmothers and she claimed she doesn't suit them either. Armani added: "If I did want to change my name I have no idea what to.
"My personality is quite shy and quiet at first but then I'm loud when people really get to know me. I'm one of the first people you notice in a room but because of my name people don't really forget me."
In response, most Reddit users urged her to change her name. One user said: "I think I'm a bit older than you, but I am in a similar situation. I don't like my name at all - it's trendy and just doesn't suit me. As someone who can empathise, I'd say just change it. It's your name, and your life."
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