Rec | MOSTLY NOT A FAN OF THE SPELLING

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Rec'd on 🗒️ how do you feel about your name? what other names do you think would be fitting for you?

never liked my name growing up because most of elementary school was spent in florida. it was a huge culture shock coming from the north then being one of like two or three kids of color in my class at any given time. i wanted a stereotypical “white girl name” with a middle name like marie or rose. spent a lot of middle school going by daisy. i also am greatly tired of the “deja vu” jokes. my mom got my name from tyra bank’s character in “higher learning”/a tony! toni! toné! song. i guess that’s cool. she just spelled it very phonetically, which didnt help people’s mispronunciation of my easy name but (to me) looks very dumbed down on paper (day-JAH) and then people pronounce the j really hard idk. most of my friends call me day ☀️ i like that at least. i wouldn't have minded the name raven, and i think my mom’s other name contender was tia (like sister sister) but that would have kind of rhymed with my last name so im good on that.

@deardoveswings

Jun 8, 2024

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