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I've noticed that people sometimes get teased because of their names. I was wondering if anyone else had been teased about this too.
I once got a comment about my name. My name is Zaki, which is an Arabic boys' name meaning "pure". A young girl I knew asked me "why do you have a girls' name?" I was taken aback, but I told her it's a boys' name. She must have thought that it was a girls' nickname along the lines of Tori, Danni, or Jamie.
My name does have a female form, though - the female form is Zakiyya. Most Arabic names ending in I are masculine, but some, like Nazli and Amani, are feminine.
I once got even worse because of the last letter of my name. A few times people have told me that my name sounded immature, since it kinda sounds like a nickname for the English name Zachary. I don't have a problem with being called Zack, though. I did gotten a dumb comparison to Zac Efron once. Some guy said to me "Oh, like Zac Efron?"
So, have you or anyone that you know been teased because of their name?
As a kid I was teased or made fun of by the other school kids...
When I got older and joined the military, people made comments about my last name(mostly the guys)
Now, I really don't pay any attention to those crude people who find it amusing to make wise cracks
about my name. It's my name and I'm proud of it...
I can't say that I have had anyone made remarks about my first or last name, however I was teased about the corrective shoes I had to wear in elementary school. Kids are basically cruel and it makes them feel much better when they can berate another. I believe this is why W C Field said he liked children as long as they were properly cooked.
I was teased about my last name throughout my school years, but it never bothered me. It was never cruel. I have a short name that rhymes with a lot of words, and kids had a field day with it! I still, at age 58, occasionally have someone make a funny comment about it. One of my co-workers kids me about it every time we pass in the hallway, and I don't mind a bit! I just laugh along with him.
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Yes, constantly, about my last name. Still do. But I notice it's mainly by people who are not around other cultures. I don't let it bother me now. In fact, I have learned to expect it from certain kinds of people.
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