A woman has blasted her mum for giving her a name so embarrassing that she plans to bring it up during her therapy sessions – but unfortunately for her, she can’t afford to change it
A woman has compared her name to that of a “trashy stripper” – and says it brings her so much embarrassment in her daily life.
She explained her mum wasn’t on good terms with her biological father when she was born, and didn’t allow him an input in the naming process. But much to her mum’s disappointment, her biological father liked the name she’d picked out – so she decided to alter it to annoy him.
Taking to Reddit’s ‘tragedeigh’ forum – the term used to describe a name “deliberately misspelled or completely made up to appear more unique than it actually is” – she said: “My name is Faythe Destiny. Old ladies love it, but almost everybody else does not.
“I obviously choose to leave out the Destiny in my day-to-day life, but it is so embarrassing to be putting that down on legal documents. Is this a tragedeigh? My mum’s answer for the spelling is that she didn’t want to give (my bio-dad) the ability to choose my name but liked the name, so she ‘changed’ it. I genuinely worry that it comes across as trashy, in bad taste, or worse.”
She went on to explain how she cannot afford to legally change her name at the moment – so is instead trying to “learn to love it”. She added: “I’m stuck with my tragedeigh until that changes, and I didn’t pick my name. It seems like my options are to start stripping or change my name, thanks mum! I’m definitely bringing this up in therapy.”
Commenting on her name, one user said: “Honestly even if it was straight up Faith Destiny, it’s still a tragedy.” Another user added: “It’s a tragedeigh, your mum did you dirty with the spelling.”
A third user said: “Faythe sounds like Forrest Gump trying to say Faith.” One more user added: “Faith Destiny sure whatever. A bit heavy-handed on the abstract nouns but fine. Faythe is a tragedeigh.”
