My name means "calm," but literally my teachers used to call me "the loud one who never shuts up" among themselves ! Which I find hilarious, honestly, since I consider talking one of my favorite hobbies :)
I wouldn't necessarily choose this name for myself, but it doesn't bother me and I feel more like SAJA than any other name.
6d ago
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I've had issues with my name, I never really liked or identified with it until recently. I think it's really pretty but idk it just never felt connected to me. Thankfully, it isn't my full first name, Amaya-mei, so online and for a chunk of my life I went by "Mei" and most people who've met me online still call me that.
Now, I've come to really like my own name, whether it's Amaya, Amaya-mei, or Mei. But I've also really enjoyed being called by the usernames that I choose. So Juniper, Cosmo, Meiji, etc. In the end go with what feels right for you! I've had sooo many names across the interwebs and they all feel like me. So I'd say go with what feels like you.
Jun 7, 2024
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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 āwhite girl nameā with a middle name like marie or rose. spent a lot of middle school going by daisy.
i also am greatly tired of the ādeja vuā jokes.
my mom got my name from tyra bankās character in āhigher learningā/a tony! toni! tonĆ©! song. i guess thatās cool. she just spelled it very phonetically, which didnt help peopleās 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 āļø i like that at least. i wouldn't have minded the name raven, and i think my momās other name contender was tia (like sister sister) but that would have kind of rhymed with my last name so im good on that.
Jun 8, 2024
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i don't really connect with it tbh but i am very grateful it isn't with the H spelling because i connect with that a thousand times less
also my parents once told me they considered calling me Athena so knowing that makes it kind of hard to get over the fact they went with the most generic name ever instead lol
Jun 7, 2024
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When I was seven, an 80s movie aired on TV, and I watched it until my mom turned it off at bedtime. I cried, wanting to see the rest, but she refused, and I eventually fell asleep. The next day, I couldnāt remember the movieās name, so I never finished itāuntil today. It aired again, and the experience was surreal; I remembered every detail and finally saw the ending.
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