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Can I change my name?

Nobody can pronounce my name, should i change it?

  • Ok, so here's a little about me. I'm 15 and a freshman in High school. I was born in the U.S.A. and am a 3rd generation American. My father however named me a Ukrainian name, the name his father had. (by the way, MY NAME IS NOT ACTUALLY MIKE) . As long as my brain was smart enough to remember, NO ONE has pronounced my name correctly from reading it off of something. I ALWAYS have to correct them and sometimes even after that they don't get it right. To make those of you saying "you should be proud of your heritage and your name because it is unique", imagine this: You entered a race using your legal name and you won the race. Then they announced your name and mis-pronounced it. How would you feel??? Or, every day when you have a new teacher or a substitute they mispronounce it and you have to correct them a bunch of times that day. Story of my life (the teachers part). My friends and pretty much everyone I know call me by the name my father gave me. It's not like it's an ugly name- it's a common name, in Ukraine though. Most people who mis pronounce it make it sound feminine which pisses me off. The other way to mis pronounce it doesn't make it sound feminine, but it's NOT PRONOUNCED RIGHT! It's the Ukrainian equivalent to Michael. I love America, I don't ever plan to leave here as my home, and having a name that no one can pronounce in your forever-will-be loved home country can be hard. I mean, why have a name that means nothing in where you live? I mean John, Mike, Josh, Matt, Dennis, Christian, etc. mean something, but my name doesn't mean anything to most people. If i lived in the country of my heritage it would be different, but no, I live in the greatest nation in the world, the USA. If I did change my name to Michael (that IS what i would change it to by the way), I would definitely put my ex-name in my middle name and swap it out for one of the two names in my middle name. I have never told either of my parents about this problem. So what do you think I should do?

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    Just keep it at Mike! simple as!

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hmmm i have the same problem but i wouldnt change my name for anything since it is a part of how i am and i reallyl think it is beautiful. what is your real name anyways?

To be honest, I am surprised at some of the stuff that Americans can mispronounce. Take Vandeventer for instance... It sounds like it looks. Yet I still have to correct everyone in pronouncing my last name anyway. Though I do get first name mispronunciations can be even more annoying than last names, I'd still keep the first name, but at least go by Mike as a nickname.

Don't change it officially - you will be an adult someday, and rediscover you are proud of your heritage! Have friends call you Mike or Michael.

Hi Mike, I can understand your concern, you are an American and you'd prefer to have a name which sounds well in your homeland, which is not Ukraine at the moment. Michael is a wonderful name, or Mykhailo in Ukraine or Michel in France... 'When in Rome do as the Romans do' ... if it didn't bother you, you wouldn't ask it here, but anyway you should talk to your parents. Your decision to keep your (grandfather's) name as a middle name is sensible, I think.

You shouldn't change your name (: it's unique in a way and just correct people because once they know they won't really bother with it. like my friend's name is Female. But it's pronounced Fe-ma-le...like tamale but with and F. so just leave it because you were born that way. lady gaga reference...... :D

Hey, I'm from Ukraine too :D Anyways, I don't think you should change your name. I mean, of course, if you don't like it and if you really want to then go ahead but if you do like it then it shouldn't matter what other people think of it.

To be honest, I am surprised at some of the stuff that Americans can mispronounce. Take Vandeventer for instance... It sounds like it looks. Yet I still have to correct everyone in pronouncing my last name anyway. Though I do get first name mispronunciations can be even more annoying than last names, I'd still keep the first name, but at least go by Mike as a nickname.

Zektinminva

Hi Mike, I can understand your concern, you are an American and you'd prefer to have a name which sounds well in your homeland, which is not Ukraine at the moment. Michael is a wonderful name, or Mykhailo in Ukraine or Michel in France... 'When in Rome do as the Romans do' ... if it didn't bother you, you wouldn't ask it here, but anyway you should talk to your parents. Your decision to keep your (grandfather's) name as a middle name is sensible, I think.

Lika

Don't change it officially - you will be an adult someday, and rediscover you are proud of your heritage! Have friends call you Mike or Michael.

Lydia

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