Do you like the Christian or first names your parents gave you?

Would you class it as disrespectful to your parents to say that you don’t like your names?

Are family traditional names involved in your naming?

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exexec · 70-79, C

I like mine. I was named after my father's best friend who was a fighter pilot in World War II. I don't think it is disrespectful to drop a name you don't like. My grandfather's first name was "Oscar," and he totally dropped it, not even using the initial.