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I think my parents were high when they named me.

I was named after my mother's maiden name.

My childhood name that my father gave me, my mother, my grandmother, grandfather, family and friends all call me T.I.P.

Kids used to tease me unmercifully about that name.

I was named for my grandmother. It's an evil-eye name, to protect you from bad things.

I paid for my name a lot when I was growing up because other kids teased me.

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's so funny how my name has always been such a big deal. When I was growing up, my family was always moving. I had to meet new people all the time. And they'd laugh.