My parents gave me a feminine-sounding name. My family made fun of me until I changed it.

• 03/02/2025, 9:21 AM
• businessinsider.com

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I grew up feeling insecure about my name. Most of my male family members had masculine names like Butch, David, and Apollo, but I was always the bud of the joke with the name Amarilis.