My parents named me after a cartoon character – it’s embarrassing but I’ve learned to embrace it
ONE woman has revealed that her parents named her after a popular Disney cartoon character.
But though she seemed to think the association was a funny one, she took to TikTok to call out an even more embarrassing name trend.
The Chicago-based TikToker hit out at a popular TikTok trend in which users reveal the baby names their parents considered before settling on their actual names.
Many people have claimed their mom and dad were toying with unique or weird names before settling on common ones – and this TikToker doesn’t believe it.
“This trend is [cap],” text on a TikTok video read. “Cap” is slang for “lie.”
“If your name is Ashley, your name was never gonna be Harlow,” she claimed, calling out a hypothetical person.
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“Not a chance. That’s bananas!” she said as she laughed.
“You mean to tell me your parents sat down and they were like: ‘It’s either gonna be Ivy, Scarlet, or Anne,’ and they were like, ‘Anne’s the winner’?” she asked.
After a long and weary pause, Mickey said: “I’m not buying that!
“Don’t take that personal,” she said, adding: “I’m named after a mouse, okay.”
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The influencer, whose full name is Mickey Milkov, has a moniker ripped out of Disney.
“But I’m not gonna come on here and be like: ‘My parents were gonna call me Goofy’!” she exclaimed.
Laughing uncontrollably, she added: “Like shut the f**k up!”
“When I tell you I lost it,” someone commented about her Mickey Mouse name origin.
Mickey responded, writing: “Lmao gotta reassure the folks of TikTok that it’s OK.”
But she continued trolling people who shared their actual names compared to their potential names in the comment section.
“It was Beth or Luna Sage,” one person shared, to which Mickey replied: “Luna Chili Powder.”
Another wrote: “Ashleigh but my name was gonna be Willow Bee.”
“No ma’am. Not for one moment,” Mickey responded.