My parents gave me a unique name – everyone thinks it’s orchestra related, it’s ‘an optical illusion for your ears’
WHEN it comes to naming a baby, while many people like to stick with the classics, others go the unique route.
One woman said her parents decided to give her an eccentric moniker and now no one addresses her correctly.
Cinthanie McAllister (@cinthanie) said her first meetings with people never go smoothly.
In a TikTok video, she began: “I’m going to give you guys an impression of what it’s like when I introduce myself to people for the first time and they hear my name for the first time.
“This is always how it goes.”
The blonde beauty sat in the car as she played the part of both herself and a stranger.
“Hi, what’s your name?” she said, as a stranger.
“My name is Cinthanie,” she responded, as herself.
Confused, the stranger would ask her, “What?”
“My name is Cinthanie,” she repeated.
Saying the first word that comes to mind, the stranger would say: “Symphony? Like the orchestra?”
“No, Cinthanie,” she always replied.
Trying to comprehend the unheard-of name, they would ask if she was saying the more standard choice, Cynthia.
“No. It’s Cinthanie,” she yelled, frustrated with the constant confusion.
Once strangers finally understand what she’s saying, they usually change their tune and declare how much they love the name.
“But then they’re never going to remember it,” Cinthanie said.
In the caption, she addressed all those with uncommon monikers: “RIP to all of us unique name people. May it be pronounced correctly someday.”
In the comments, people shared their own similar experiences:
“When I say ‘I’m Seri’ to someone new they usually respond with ‘It’s okay’ because they think I’m apologizing for something even though we’ve never spoken lol,” one person wrote.
“My husbands name is Sundance… he can’t make a damn to-go order to save his life,” another revealed.
Others liked the choice:
“Everybody is so creative,” one commented.
“Okay normally I hate super unique names, but yours sounds so gorgeous!!” a second chimed in.
But a third said it was a tricky one to comprehend: “It’s like an optical illusion for your ears.”