Are you proud of your birth name?
By solxee
@sol_cee (38219)
Philippines
February 24, 2022 5:17pm CST
I saw this tv documentary about a guy being bullied in school because of his name. What’s his name you might ask? It’s Drink Water Rivera. I find it funny and cute. I’d never name my kids something like that though. I remember I joined a seminar before and the speaker said we should name our children something they can be proud of because they’d be bringing that name forever. Drink Water though isn’t thinking of changing his name legally. He’s keeping it so lol to the bashers.
Photo is a sample birth certificate in my country.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
25 Feb 22
You might laugh at this but this is true: I had a high school classmate whose name is Ali and his family name is Baba. In college, I also had a female classmate called Delilah and her family name was Samson.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
25 Feb 22
@sol_cee Yes, that's true Madam :) There's another one as told by one of our tellers during month-end when they help in the preparation of monthly current account statements. It's in the dialect but somewhat X hahaha!
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
25 Feb 22
@sol_cee Would you like to hear the tandem of Lacson and Sotto which would be "Lac-Sot"? Only you would understand hahaha!
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@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
25 Feb 22
Not really that proud, I think it is too girly... Hihihi
My first name was taken from my mother's best friend. I don't know if it's true that my father was courting her before my mother...
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
25 Feb 22
@brokenbee speaking of ninong/ninang, I think the first born child would have the parents’ bff or close friends as godparents. First child in the family calls for special people lol. The second child would have family members- brother or sister or cousin to be the godparents. Mom isn’t working. Dad has not enough bff. No other people to call for the second parent role lol. The third child would have the neighbors as their godparents. I think you know why? 
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@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
25 Feb 22
@sol_cee nope... =) She was a classmate of my mother in college.. Maybe they stopped communicating when my mother got married. And I was born about 8 years after marriage...
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@jobelbojel (35487)
• Philippines
25 Feb 22
Drink your water B said a known YT Vlogger.
That is just weird why he was named such.
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@jobelbojel (35487)
• Philippines
25 Feb 22
@sol_cee Just B. Hahaha. The B word but that's sensored on YT so Mimiyuuu don't say the B word.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
25 Feb 22
@jobelbojel oh so it’s Mimiyuuu. I didn't know his name is spelled like that
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@akruser13 (475)
• Los Angeles, California
25 Feb 22
My name is funny because my parents chose it not knowing if I was going to come out a boy or a girl so they picked a name that would work with both. And oddly enough, I am extremely tomboy for a girl so I think I lived up to the name they gave me, lol.
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@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
25 Feb 22
It doesn't really bother me but when I was small I thought it's too girly compared to other kids in school. I'm glad he's keeping it, if he changes his name, the bullies will find something else to bully about anyway.
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@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
26 Feb 22
@sol_cee it doesn't have any of those. I didn't even know why I thought it's too girly lol
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@moffittjc (121548)
• Gainesville, Florida
25 Feb 22
Drink Water is an awesome name! I would be proud of that name.
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@moffittjc (121548)
• Gainesville, Florida
25 Feb 22
@sol_cee You can call me Drink for short. That’s what all my friends call me!
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@Deepizzaguy (102624)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
24 Feb 22
I would keep the name Drink Water Rivera since it is nice and original name. I like my name George Bernard Vieto since I am wondering if my late parents named me after George Bernard Shaw.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
28 Feb 22
@Deepizzaguy Oh your mom doesn’t want you to be a junior?
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@Deepizzaguy (102624)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
27 Feb 22
@sol_cee All I know what that my late mom did not me to share the name of my late dad who shares my first name since she did not want me to nicknamed Junior.
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@VivaLaDani13 (60794)
• Perth, Australia
26 Feb 22
@sol_cee I agree with you. I'd never want to name my child / children names where I think they may be bullied for it. I do wonder why the name "Drink Water" was chosen for this dude. 
I am glad he isn't changing his name because no bully should become powerful enough to make us change things about us that is part of who we are.
I am glad he isn't changing his name because no bully should become powerful enough to make us change things about us that is part of who we are.1 person likes this
I agree! 
@dgobucks226 (35574)
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28 Feb 22
I'm happy with my given name. I was named after my mother's father, my grandfather, who I really liked a lot. I think giving a kid a too colorful name or one that could be made fun of is not the best of ideas.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
2 Mar 22
@dgobucks226 I have six siblings, none of us are named after our relatives but my daughter is named after my father and my son after my husband’s father
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@dgobucks226 (35574)
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2 Mar 22
@sol_cee Yes, my oldest brother is! Any in your family have the same name as a relative?
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@snowy22315 (180452)
• United States
25 Feb 22
Hmm, that would be a strange name to have alridght.
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@RebeccasFarm (89831)
• Arvada, Colorado
25 Feb 22
Yes I am proud of my birth name
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@RasmaSandra (79714)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Feb 22
I always think parents shold carefully consider what they call their kids, I have a Latvian first name Rasma and with my second name being Sandra I could use one or the other and never had any problems ever,
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@RasmaSandra (79714)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1 Mar 22
@sol_cee my first name means the dew in the morning in Latvian it is known as rasa so my parents stretched the name
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@JESSY3236 (19912)
• United States
1 Mar 22
I used to not like my first name Jessica because there were alot of Jessicas in my school. My best friend is even named Jessica. But now I don't mind my name.
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