15 People With Common Names Explain How They Still Get or Got Teased

When picking the perfect name for you future child, you of course go through the works: You want one that’s unique enough for your kid to not be in the same class as 18 other “Jessica”s, but you of course don’t wan them to have a super unusual name that will get them teased, either.
Alas, it turns out that even people with completely common and normal names still get teased. In a recent Reddit thread, people shared how they got teased because of their completely common name. Here are some of the wackiest answers.
Man, kids are brutal!
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Luke
“Kid threw up once in 3rd grade and became Luke Puke. Lucas could also become Mucus, as someone else pointed out.”
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Ryan
“This was my husband’s story and the reason he didn’t want to name our oldest Ryan. He knew a kid named Ryan who cried rather easily in early elementary and became Cryan.”
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Grayson
“Take out the r and you have ‘Gay son.’ One mom of a more sensitive son commented this one and says it has been an issue for a few years now.”
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Amanda
“Kids made the ‘a man, DUH!’ jokes starting in like second grade but I thought it was hilarious, so they didn’t really get to tease me with it. I still use the joke on myself a lot. ‘I’ll just man(da) up and do it myself!’ is one of my faves, gets a laugh every time.”
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Rochelle
“Changed the first syllable to Roach.”
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Michelle
“Smelly Shelly.”
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Arthur
“Art Fart because farts are funny. Didn’t even go by the nickname Art.”
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Richard
“I’m proud to go to a school where ‘Richard’s are called ‘Bitchard.’ Much more mature and creative than Dick.”
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Cassandra/Cassie
“Drop the c and I became Assandra or Assie. One boy thought this was very funny and continued to say it for years in school.”
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Elizabeth
“They called me LizardBreath in elementary school.”
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Hannah
“I got Hannah Montana for a while in school.”
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Mallory
“Kids would quack at her because it’s similar to ‘mallard’ like the duck.”
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Maria
“I was called Maria Diarrhea. (No, I didn’t have explosive shits in class or anything.) in middle school it evolved into Maria Gonorrhea.”
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Shea
“I got called Gay Shea all the time. It still happens on occasion. Also, if I’m not paying attention my name can sound like shit- someone says “oh shit!” I don’t hear them and assume they’re saying my name. Also, “Shut up Shea” has a nice ring to it and I’ve heard that over and over again also.”
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Angela
“Nay, mangela. Or more affectionately, flange.”
Do you have a common name that you got teased for?