A woman is seeking advice after revealing how her biological parents ‘punished her for being born’ by giving her an awful name, and now she is considering changing it
A woman has blasted her parents for giving her the ‘worst’ name ever – as she vows to change it later in life. The 20-year-old, called Alone, believes her biological parents gave her the moniker to “punish her for being born”.
She explained how she was put up for adoption as a young child and her foster parents started calling her Athena as a nickname instead. She said on Reddit: “Since I never had my name legally changed, my driver’s license and all of my documents still have me as Alone. “Some people call me Allie for short, others call me Athena, but most people call me Alone. The irony is that I’m not even lonely since I have a close circle of friends.”
Seeking advice, she added: “I’ve been considering getting my name legally changed but I don’t know if I should choose Allie, Athena, or another name entirely.”
Commenting on her post, one user said: “Athena is a beautiful name. The goddess of wisdom and warfare.”
Another user added: “You could always make your official name Athena and just have Allie be your nickname.
“I get decision fatigue a lot and I can imagine it must be hard because it’s such a big decision but I think you’ll feel relief once the whole process is over. I love both names.
“Athena is such a beautiful name and in my mind denotes someone with a lot of personal strength which is sounds like you have.”
A third person chimed in: “I think getting your name changed formally to Athena would be a good call.
“You could still go by Allie but as far as how you’re perceived on things like job applications using Athena would be your best bet.”
One more person said: “What about Athena Allison? You can still go by Athena or Allie.”
While a final added: “In my country they made it illegal and won’t accept names that vilified, make fun off, etc.
“It was out of control with parents being insensitive and kids growing up tarnished by this. If it bothers you; change it. I’d pay an attorney to do it, if possible.”
