A woman who was named after Mickey Mouse has urged parents to stop choosing ‘crazy’ monikers for their own children.
Mickie Austen Rollins – who was born Mickie Lettuce – shared her thoughts on unusual names after US influencer Trisha Paytas revealed her very divisive choice for her newborn son.
Paytas, 37, who is already mother to daughters Malibu Barbie and Elvis, decided to name her first son Aquaman – after the DC superhero.
Addressing the trend of unusual names, Mickie said she legally changed her name ‘because my middle name, I was named after a vegetable, and my surname was a swear word’.
She added: ‘As someone who was named after Mickey Mouse, I want to talk about Trisha Paytas calling her new kid Aquaman and what effects that has on someone growing up, becoming an adult and having a f*****g mental name.
‘It’s always people that have really boring names that pick those names for their kids.
‘No offence if you’re called Emily or Sarah or Hannah, but you don’t understand what you’re doing – it does hold you back massively, you’re just asking to get bullied and asking for that kid to have a really s*** life in school.’
Mickie Austen Rollins – who was born Mickie Lettuce – shared her thoughts on unusual names after US influencer Trisha Paytas revealed her very divisive choice for her newborn son
Mickie went on to talk about her own experience being named after a Disney character.
She said her mother was from a working class background – and her ‘feral’ name was a consequence of ‘clambering’ to be middle class.
Her older sister was named Buddie Mercedes, while Mickie says her twin ‘got off lightly’ with India Holly.
‘My real name is Mickie, not Michaela, not Michelle, everyone always thinks that I’ve shortened it, no, no, I was named after the mouse,’ she explains.
Mickie said she legally changed her name ‘because my middle name, I was named after a vegetable, and my surname was a swear word’
Those in the comments were sympathetic to Mickie’s plight, with most pointing out the unusual choice for her middle name – Lettuce
Mickie added that her mother thought the unusual spelling was ‘more feminine’ than the traditional way of spelling Mickey Mouse.
She said she had a ‘rough’ time growing up, and decided to change her name after being ‘so sick’ of ‘constantly explaining’ the moniker to people she met.
Those in the comments were sympathetic to Mickie’s plight, with most pointing out the unusual choice for her middle name – Lettuce.
One person said: ‘Mickie is pretty normal but lettuce…’
Another added: ‘My middle name is the letter ‘T’. That’s it. Just a ‘T’.’
A third person said: ‘I’m sorry WHAT. To have India Holly as your twin (which is at least two real names) and you get LETTUCE?!’
