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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Grace Hoffman

'I hate my birth name because I get bullied - but my parents refuse to use my new one'

It's always a difficult choice for parents to choose a fitting name for their baby, but when it's finally stuck, it's seemingly impossible to think of calling their little one anything else.

However, when a child ages and grows into an adult, they might find that the name doesn't represent them truly and may debate having it changed.

Taking to popular forum site Reddit, one woman explained that she felt negative connotations towards her birth name and has decided to appoint a new name for herself - but her parents are refusing to use it.

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