'My mum named me after an 80s song - it's tacky and embarrassing'

04 January 2024 , 10:52

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She doesn't use her real name in casual situations (stock photo) (Image: Getty Images)

While we can't choose our names from birth, we always have an option to change them later in life. That's exactly what one woman decided to do when unofficially changing her name to avoid awkward looks from coworkers.

She explained how her mum named her Kyrie-E-Leison after the 80s song by Mister Mister when she was medicated during a C-section. Taking to Reddit, she said: "My name is Kyrie-E-Leison. That’s my whole first name. Hyphenated and all.

"It has made it a pain in the a*** to do normal things like get my driver's license, apply for jobs, etc." To avoid the "embarrassment", the woman has been using the name Kyrie - but says people often pronounce this incorrectly too.

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"I’ve spent 99 per cent of my life explaining my name. It’s not pronounced Kai-Ree btw, it’s pronounced Key-Ree. I didn’t know how to spell my full name until 3rd grade. My middle name is Dusk. My sister’s middle name is Day, and my mother’s middle name is Dawn."

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Commenting on her name, one user said: "I know someone else named Kyrie (kee-ree-ay, like the prayer/Mr Mister song), I think it's actually nice-sounding as name, but the hyphens seem like they'd be cumbersome! Have you ever considered just changing it to Kyrie Eleison?"

Another user added: "My name is Valkyrie and I go by Kyrie, pronounced like yours." A third user said: "One of my old bosses had a daughter named Kyrie, pronounced kee-ree-ay. She told me it was 'like the song.' I have never heard this song and I am older than her daughter. I have no idea what y’all are referencing, but somehow, pronouncing Kyrie as kee-ree-ay seems like way less of a burden than whatever the heck your full name is!"

Paige Freshwater