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I changed my name when I was about twelve because I didn't like being called Sue or Susie. I felt I needed a longer name because I was so tall. So what happened? Now everyone calls me Sig or Siggy.

— Sigourney Weaver

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I think my parents were high when they named me.

— Jolene Blalock

What took time for my mom was getting the pronouns right and calling me by a different name. Laverne was my middle name before I transitioned.

— Laverne Cox

My parents did call me Zowie now and then, but then, realising that it drew too much attention, they called me 'Joe'. Then, later, I sort-of co-opted my own name back.

— Duncan Jones

I couldn't say my own name when I was 12.

— Ken Venturi

Changing my name was traumatic for me.

— Eve Best

When I first got out of drama school, my original manager tried to get me to change my name because people were having trouble spelling it and saying it.

— Joe Manganiello

None of my friends call me L.C. That was just a high school nickname, and nobody refers to me like that anymore.

— Lauren Conrad

✗Opposing Perspectives

I changed my name at 14 because no one outside of my family could pronounce my first name correctly.

— J. August Richards

My name, my real name, is Tracy. I always thought I was like a boy named Sue. So I made my friends call me 'Tray.'

— Ice T

I changed my name when I was 13. I don't know why but it made sense at the time. I wanted another identity. I wanted to reinvent myself.

— Leos Carax