It was my dad's idea to change my name from Sahatciu to Ora. He said it would be easier to pronounce.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We should have an easier name to pronounce.
I remember thinking, in Kansas my name will be Evett - which is my middle name. I didn't want to explain to anyone how to say Em-a-yat-zee.
If you can't pronounce it, you probably shouldn't be putting it in your body or in your environment.
I don't even correct people when they mispronounce my name now.
My father named me Kelli because 'Kelli O'Hara' just sounded so Irish.
People have told me to change it over the years, but my dad is always saying, 'Never change your name!' My middle name is O'Hara, so it's a pretty epic name. Emily O'Hara Ratajkowski.
If I can't pronounce it, I don't want to put it in my body. Everything to me now is organic, natural, right from the farm.
My father always wanted to be 'Col-bear.' He lived in the same town as his father, and his father didn't like the idea of the name with the French pronunciation. So my father said to us, 'Do what you want. You're not going to offend anybody.' And he was dead long before I made my decision.
My original name was Juaquin, and my cousin couldn't pronounce my name right. So he'd just be saying 'Waka! Waka!' So when I was younger, I used to always laugh, then my man Gucci gave me the rest of the name.
If you can't pronounce a word correctly, just don't use it.