'I hate my awkward and embarrassing name - my mum has a lot to answer for'
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A woman has slammed her mum for giving her an 'awkward' name that nobody knows how to pronounce. She shared how everyone in her life - from her friend, teachers to doctors - either trip up on her name when trying to pronounce it or assume it's an unusual spelling for a different name entirely.
Taking to Reddit to vent her frustration, she said: "Growing up, no one pronounced my name correctly and I blame my parents for it. I know for a fact my middle name is a possible one because it's ridiculously long for no reason and I genuinely hate it. I have even thought about changing my name to my nickname.".
She went on to share how her first name is Gerrica, pronounced jer-ee-ka. She added: "I think the more common spelling is with a J. I've had people call me Garcia, Jerrecia (jer-reese-ia), Gerika (pronounced at the beginning like bear), I even had my second grade teacher call me Jessica the entire year.
"I have also to this day never met anyone with my name, let alone same spelling. I know there are people out there with my name, I've just never met them." But what's worse, in her opinion, is her middle name - LeighAnna, pronounced Lee-Anna, not Ley-Ana. She added: "My best friend's mum has the same middle name as me, but spelt normally.
"I've always been embarrassed with my name, my nickname is Jerri. I spell it this way specifically because of a friend I had in 8th grade. My mum said she was originally going to name me Jerri after my dad Jerry but my dad didn't want that. Because of this, my kids have very easy to spell and pronounce names.".
