emogirrrl123 wrote:
my birthname (or more like, the name my mom chose for me at 3-4, the name before that was okay i think) didn't fit me at all either and no one could pronounce it properly either so it was...... a struggle. i experimented with different names for years (i think the first time i thought of changing my name was before i even went to school) until i found my final name around 12 and then legally changed it at 18. not having to explain every single person how to write and pronounce my name..... yeah, things got so much better.
funny, it was a pretty rare name back in 2011-2015-ish but now it's rather common, at least abroad. which i don't really mind though