A woman has been left gobsmacked over the treatment she has received since changing her name to one that ranks in the top 150 for popularity. Xinyuan Ye, who now goes by Sage, has taken to TikTok to share the reality of "name discrimination" - and how it can impact a person's life.
Since changing her name, she has received more LinkedIn enquiries and Hinge matches. In her video, which has more than 40,000 views, she said: "I grew up in the US with an ethnic name which was Xinyuan and then I decided to change my name to Sage when I started looking for jobs and started to enter the professional work field."
Sage says the most noticeable change came when strangers started saying her name back to her rather than skipping it altogether. "When they're talking to me in casual conversation or passing, they say my name," she added. "Before when I used Xinyuan, I would go hours or even days without really hearing my name being said.
