My parental name is mired in trauma. Plus side my name is also super common. I even share a name with a popular singer. My self given name tho I will stand up for.
@CrazyMusicLover I have the same situation with the first name but the surname is quite rare at least in the north of the country. Which leads to people calling me by surname 😩
My last name ? It’s like "Jones" in New Orleans—humble and fairly common. I have an older last name I will never know, lost forever during an ancestor’s voyage on the slave ships.
@Umile Where I'm from, names carry a certain responsibility with them too. I didn't know if I wanted it or could even live up to it. I was also bothered by people outside of family mispronouncing it or teasing.