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A WOMAN has criticised her parents for giving her an ’embarrassing’ name which has made her day-to-day life extremely awkward.
The young woman explained that not only is her name constantly mispronounced, but she also gets strange looks, even from the doctor.
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The anonymous woman, who spoke openly about her nickname pain on social media, explained that her father came up with her name when he was just a teenager.
The woman, whose name is Dystini, shared her story on Reddit and left many speechless.
Post on the tragedy thread, Dystini revealed: “My name is Dystini, pronounced Destinationonly spelled in the worst possible way.
“Apparently it was supposed to be Destinee, but this spelling clearly made much more sense.”
Unsure of which is worse, she continued, “I’ve heard my name mispronounced in every possible way, when doctor’s assistants stare at the doctor for too long. next one I know they’re trying to find out my name.
“I’ve pretty much stopped correcting people unless they ask me if they’re right.”
Dystini then explained where her name came from, adding: “My name is Dystini because my father chose it for his son. future first daughter at age 14, after babysitting a two-year-old girl named Destiny who was raised by some hippie friends he had or something.
“And so that when people go out with me, they can say, ‘I have a date with Dystini.’”
Dystini later revealed: “My father came up with the name, but my mother spelled it.
“She was only 18 when she had me, and she passed away when she was 26.
“Are Nice Now that I’m not so insecure about it anymore, it’s the one thing she gave me that I can always see.
“To be honest, I don’t really like my name at all.
“It’s a name that I don’t think grows with you. It would be weird to be an old lady called Dystini.”
REDDIT USERS RESPOND
Reddit users responded en masse to the comments, sharing their opinions about the woman’s name.
While some users urged her to legally change the spelling of her name, others laughed at the fact that her father had included a “dad joke” in her name.
Sounds like an antifungal cream
Reddit user
One user said: “Why don’t you legally change it to Destiny? You don’t owe it to your father to live with that spelling. It’s your life.”
Meanwhile, a second user added: “The Y makes it sound like it should sound like Distiny instead of Destiny.”
The Struggle of Choosing a Baby Name
CHLOE Morgan, a senior writer at Fabulous, has revealed her dilemma when choosing a baby name…
I’m 35 weeks pregnant and the hardest part of pregnancy these past few months (apart from the insomnia and countless nighttime wetting!) has been coming up with a baby name.
The dilemmas are endless…
My partner and I had a private ultrasound to find out the gender as early as possible. Part of the reason for this was that we thought it would make choosing a baby name a lot easier, as we would only have to come up with a list of names for one gender instead of two.
How wrong we were…
I was overjoyed to find out I was pregnant with the baby girl I had dreamed of for so long. But because I was one of the last friends to get pregnant, I have had countless conversations with excited friends over the years about their favorite baby names…something I would like to undo without ever having heard.
Every friend comes up with at least 10 possible nicknames and I can’t help but feel like more names are out of the question, even though I know no one would object. It’s just my own problem!
This debate comes up over and over again on social media: can you choose the same name that was a ‘potential’ name for your friend’s baby?
It’s a very divisive topic and opinions are always divided. And I don’t want to be THAT person.
While some argue that there are thousands of other names to choose from, others say that you should choose YOUR favorite. After all, there is no guarantee that person will ever have a child.
Then there’s the matter of finding a name you love… and then doing some research online and reading one negative comment among hundreds of positive ones that you just can’t let go of.
I made that exact mistake when I fell in love with a certain name (I won’t tell you because I don’t want to ruin it for others!)… only to see someone point out that it constantly autocorrects on a phone to something rather rude. So back to the drawing board we went..
Only five more weeks and it looks like our little girl will be called ‘baby girl’ for a while longer!
A third user wrote: “I first read it as Distiny. Then I thought about it, it seems like it could also be Diestiny. Definitely don’t take Destiny out of it.”
While someone else wrote: “Sounds like an antifungal cream.”
Most Popular Baby Names of 2024
BabyCenter compiles a real-time list of the most popular baby names each year. Here are the results from 2024 so far…
GIRLS
- Emma
- Olivia
- Isabella
- Ava
- Sophia
BOYS
- Noah
- Ethan
- Jacob
- Liam
- Logan
Another user joked: “You sound like a pasta dish. DYSTINI BOLOGNESE!”
At the same time, another parent explained, “I like the dad joke at the end.
“I’m not going to lie, I advocated for our daughter to be named Stacey. Because then I could tell people that Stacey’s mother did it.”
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