A mother was left devastated after she accidentally named her daughter after a pasta dish and now, she’s scared that her daughter would be bullied by her schoolmates.
Taking to Reddit, the woman explained that she wanted to give a unique name to her daughter.
“My husband and I welcomed our first child about nine weeks ago,” she wrote.
“We found out it was going to be a girl and we quickly decided on the name Elizabeth for her,” the mother continued.
“Her middle name was originally going to be Jane, with the intent to call her EJ, however, when I was seven months pregnant, my husband’s mother lost her fight with breast cancer. Her name was Anya (pronunciation: Ahn-Yuh).
“I loved her so I offered to change the middle name from Jane to Anya.”
But after a group video call with her family, she was made aware of the ‘mistake.’
“My sister pointed out that we named our baby ‘Lasagna’,” she went on.
“I hadn’t made the mental connection but if you put her first and second names together ‘Liz Ayna’ it really does make ‘lasagna.’
“I then told my sister that I doubt anyone would make that connection, especially considering people rarely use their middle names in daily life. But then my whole family chimed in and now everyone keeps calling my daughter ‘Lasagna.’”
The new mom is now concerned that her daughter will be bulled because of her name.
People on Reddit were quick to share their thoughts, with one person writing: “It’s ok that you didn’t catch it. Your family should drop it once you said it bothered you. Could be worse though, I have friends that named their kid T-bone Ham.”
Another wrote: “My name is Lorelei, a perfectly fine name, and you would not BELIEVE the range of insults kids pulled out of it. I heard SO many. My point is, if kids wanna pick on your kid it doesn’t matter WHAT you name her. They’ll find something. Just do what you can to teach her how valuable she is, she’ll love you for it.”
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