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40 People Shared How Their First Names Got Ruined By Pop Culture
Being given a name when you’re born is a lottery. You might get lucky and end up with an amazing name like Jonathan or James (or Jonas), but your parents might give you an unfortunate name that will haunt you for the rest of your life, all because of some piece of pop culture that appears later on in your life.
Jesse McLaren, who describes himself as a ‘late night TV writer’ and has more than 1.2 million followers on Twitter, asked his fans what piece of popular culture ruined their first names. And the responses were awesome. That’s why we gathered the very best pieces of pop culture that ruined first names into this neat list for you to enjoy. So get ready to pity some people named Zelda and Karen, scroll down, and upvote your fave funny names. Keep scrolling for Bored Panda's interview with Nick, also known as Skyquake, about pop culture and how it 'ruined' his name.
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Zenozenobee 7 years ago
And I'm sure every single one is happy about his/her joke, thinking no one ever thought of it. ;p
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Tenay Douglas 7 years ago
In my APES class last year there was a girl named Alexa; loved answering questions
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CrunChewy McSandybutt 7 years ago
I was in high school when "Dirty Diana" came out. Anyone want to guess my first name?
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Jeff Requier 7 years ago
Her dad named her on purpose. I know i saw a commercial with the two of them about the video game. Thats how I know she exists
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CeramicPear 7 years ago
I like the name, but it is also the name of the demon that personifies craving and death in Buddhism :/
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Lotus Flower 7 years ago
I think that was ruined by the vast right wing conspiracy of the 90s lolol
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Koalamonster 7 years ago
I married a Jesse. The look people get the first time they hear the song around me as they go "OH MY GOD YOU'RE JESSE'S GIRL" was funny the first time. We've been married almost ten years now though, and I hate that song.
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MARIAH C MUSQUIZ 7 years ago
imagine the torture of your parents thinking it would be funny to name their daughters first and middle name Mariah Carey. im still bitter.
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