nickname

Dad refuses to call his 16-year-old daughter Anastasia by the nickname 'Ana,' freaks out when she calls him 'George': 'My dad will call me Anastasia intentionally to make me upset.'

Emmy Pratt

Mom tells daughter she wants her future grandchildren to call her "Honey" instead of "Grandma," daughter pushes back because of its romantic implications: 'She and her husband call each other Honey'

Emmy Pratt

'They all decided that my name, Ciarán, is too hard to pronounce': Irish teenager moves to the USA, classmates try to call him 'Connor' as his American name against his will

Emmy Pratt

25-year-old woman changes her name to 'Queen' to reinvent herself, gets uncomfortable whenever anyone uses her birth name: 'I asked if I can call her Q and she said no, my name is Queen'

Emmy Pratt

Callous coworkers continually call their colleague 'Victoria' despite her name being 'Veronica,' gaslight her when she tries to politely correct them: 'It just got to me, to the point I was genuinely hurt'

JR Atkinson

Mom forbids 16-year-old son from going by 'Lex,' yells at teacher for not using the name 'Alexander' in school newsletter: 'She told me I should stop trying to discard the name she lovingly chose for me'

Emmy Pratt

Parents refuse to call 15-year-old daughter by her middle name after unusual first name prompted bullying: 'They claimed that I’d always be bullied...and a name change wouldn’t prevent anything'

Emmy Pratt

New dad refuses to give his baby a short name, despises nicknames and insists on using long formal first names: 'It bothers him that the full name gets ignored'

Emmy Pratt

Godmother criticizes mother for naming her daughter Ghiuliyette: 'Why ruin such a beautiful name by including letters that don’t belong there?'

Emmy Pratt

Dude Refuses To Tell Woman His Real Name, Doesn't Understand Why She Rejects Him

Emmy Pratt

The Most Baffling Baby Names from Around The Internet

JR Atkinson

Dog Owner Mortified After Using Their Dog's Unbecoming Nickname in Front of an Acquaintance, Hilarious Misunderstanding Ensues

Jesse Kessenheimer

Teachers Share Student Names That Correlate With Bad Behavior

Emmy Pratt

'Ted got himself fired': Guy leaves coworker stranded in the rain, ignores all his emails

Remy Millisky

Wife Accuses Husband of Being "Unreasonable" Because He Doesn't Want to Name Their Baby "Novalynn," "Ryleigh," or "Caeleigh"

Emmy Pratt

Funny and Accurate Alternate Names for Things

Eric Lund