I don't like my Name....
By Amanda
@amandajay (23264)
New Zealand
July 14, 2019 4:28pm CST
Caution- Don't ever try to pronounce my name, you will tangle your tongue
I really don't like my name....
As per our tradition in SriLanka, when you are naming a baby, first you have to put father's family name, then given name (Your real name) and then surname. So according to this my father's family name is "Kottalbadde Vidanelage" and my given name or my real name is "Amanda Sewwandi" and surname is "Vidanage". So at the end my name is, "Kottalbadde Vidanelage Amanda Sewwandi Vidanage".... LOL 
see how horrible it is.
In my passport it has mentioned as Surname - Vidanage and Given names - Kottalbadde Vidanelage Amanda Sewwandi.... So people here think that my first name is "Kottalbadde"... Omg I hate people calling me Kottalbadde... I always try to explain then about this matter, but they say that, it should be according to the passport....yak..
I always wanted to change this name and use just Amanda Vidanage... But my mum said, it will be a problem if I now try to change it because all the certificates and even NZ visa on that name. So if I change I will have to give Affidavits and it will be a long process....
see how horrible it is.
In my passport it has mentioned as Surname - Vidanage and Given names - Kottalbadde Vidanelage Amanda Sewwandi.... So people here think that my first name is "Kottalbadde"... Omg I hate people calling me Kottalbadde... I always try to explain then about this matter, but they say that, it should be according to the passport....yak..
I always wanted to change this name and use just Amanda Vidanage... But my mum said, it will be a problem if I now try to change it because all the certificates and even NZ visa on that name. So if I change I will have to give Affidavits and it will be a long process....12 people like this
13 responses
@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
15 Jul 19
hah yes, I can imagine, I guess you can only pronounce Amanda. yeah it will cost more if I change, but may be later I will have to do it somehow
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@thelme55 (77164)
• Germany
15 Jul 19
@amandajay yes, Amanda is a beautiful name and easy to pronounce.
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@smileyhema (4606)
• United States
15 Jul 19
You sound so cute and funny dear. I know how you feel about your name. But that happens. Don't worry.. we will call you "Amanda" only... deal?
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@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
15 Jul 19
Oh yes please... Don't ever call me in my family name. I hate it,, haha.... In my graduation, I had to convince my uni staff to announce only Amanda Vidanage...lol
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@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
15 Jul 19
@smileyhema hehe I have one friend form south India who has a longer name than mine... lol
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
15 Jul 19
Yes I have to agree with your mom that changing your legal name can be many times tedious and you have to do a lot of informing many government agencies so that they could adapt your new legal name. As for me, you just have to get used to that very long name and create a nick name for everyone to know you.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
15 Jul 19
@amandajay That might work. But I think that will entail a lot of paperwork as well. Better get yourself with all the papers you have about your name like birth Certificates etc etc.... because you will need that.
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@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
15 Jul 19
I will change this when Im changing my citizenship one-day... Hopefully... haha
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@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
15 Jul 19
@rsa101 yup I have all the things and have to check what I can do. This is annoying
@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
15 Jul 19
It would be a hassle to change all your paperwork. But you have the longest name I've seen, maybe qualify for the worlds guiness record. Hello Mrs. Kottalbadde Vidanelage Amanda Sewwandi Vidanage (I did not try to pronounce it, sorta). 
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
16 Jul 19
@amandajay Wow that is crazy! how would you put all that in paper forms, it wouldn't fit.
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@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
15 Jul 19
haha lol... Omg I hate my name. Don't ever try to pronounce this, you'll be in trouble. haha there are some people who has names even longer than mine. can you imagine? yeah I know, I can change my name when I'm changing my citizenship one day.
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@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
17 Jul 19
@infatuatedbby I have to change it from SriLanka and then give changed docs to NZ
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@flapiz (23153)
• United Kingdom
15 Jul 19
@amandajay Well for me from another culture I find your name very fascinating. We Filipinos have long names too. We inherited the Spanish way of having two first names.
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@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
20 Jul 19
@flapiz oh really, thought specially Indians and Srilankans have long names. Didnt know about Philippines
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@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
15 Jul 19
Yeah people who knows me better call me Amanda but here specially in official things they call me Kottalbadde which annoys me all the time
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@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
21 Jul 19
haha yeah it is long and I don't like it,,, don't try to remember lol
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@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
15 Jul 19
yeah and have to provide affidavits for everything if I change
@CookieMonster46 (13454)
• United States
20 Jul 19
So if you call your self the name you would like but keep the original on paper, i think that is alright. Long name, I have no idea how to say it..
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@CookieMonster46 (13454)
• United States
20 Jul 19
@amandajay I know I won't forget that name....lol
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@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
21 Jul 19
@CookieMonster46 haha lol.. thats really good..haha
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@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
20 Jul 19
Haha yes it’s a really long name, yes can use preferred name but still have to use that long thing in every official thing
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@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
14 Jul 19
Geez, I thought I had a bad enough battle when I had people pronounce my name, it is even more annoying because my name isn't even that hard but people still say it wrong and I even have family members that misspell it all the time.
That does sound like a pain though. I couldn't even imagine.
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@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
15 Jul 19
In my Uni, I had the longest name, I felt sham when they call me in my family name, that is also wrongly pronounced. Oh I, waiting to change this.
@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
21 Aug 19
hey you... don't call me that. it's not my name, it's the family name
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How will I remember that? I wonder..
@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
20 Jul 19
@LowRiderX haha lol. i know, Just remember Amanda and that will be more than enough... haha
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@LowRiderX (22903)
• Serbia
18 Jul 19
@amandajay It's really complicated, I can remember something, but the majority is very hard even to read
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