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When I was in first grade, everyone made fun of my name, of course. I think it's kind of a big name to hold up when you're nine years old. It seemed goofy. I used to tell people I wanted to change the world and they used to think, 'This kid's really weird'.

I hate ridiculous names; my weird name has haunted me all my life.

I never wanted to give up my given name. I'm proud of it, but the only problem was that no one remembered it. It was just a little too awkward, and they mispronounced it so frequently.

I love my name. I didn't used to when I was a kid. People called me Lucky Charms, after the breakfast cereal.

I was called such names as a kid. Being the smallest boy in the class with a name like Caroll. I remember going home and saying to my mom, 'What were you thinking?'

It has not been an easy name, yet it has brought me many a laugh.

In school, nobody could pronounce my name. They just called me Rocky.

Sometimes a nickname is used instead of the real name. But a nickname may offend either the one named or the parents who gave the name.

'Gut' was my nickname. And I was picked on terribly by many, many kids.