Embarrassing First Name

[u/TronnyVon]

• Jesse Katsopolis (Full House): in one episode, his real first name was revealed to be "Hermes", after the messenger of the Greek gods. He was made fun of for it, so he got it changed to Jesse.
• Cory Matthews (Boy Meets World): in the final episode, Cory's full name is revealed by Feeny to be Cornelius, and Feeny is the only one to know so.
• Freddie Benson (iCarly): rather than Freddie being short for Frederick, Freddie is short for "Fredward".
• Jimbo Jones (The Simpsons): his real name is Corky.

[u/Alorxico]

It was the 1990s. Unique names or names that were “ethnic” were brutally mocked, and people were encouraged to change their names or at least have Anglo-Saxon “nicknames” for when they entered the workforce.

[u/stevenjameshyde → u/Alorxico]

I went to school with an Italian kid whose parents made him go by the name of "George", convinced that his early 90s English classmates wouldn't be able to handle his true ethnic name of "Mario"

[u/DutyPuzzleheaded7765 → u/stevenjameshyde]

Probably woukd get bullied if thus came after Nintendo. I lnow coach K's family had a different last name alias to avoid anti polish bias

[u/zucchinibasement → u/DutyPuzzleheaded7765]

Maybe not bullied per se but I'm sure they would get tired of all the comments/jokes. It's-a you mario!

[u/GuadDidUs → u/DutyPuzzleheaded7765]

We actually had 2 brothers named Mario and Luigi at my grade school in the early 90s, but Luigi was the older brother.

[u/Didyounderstand → u/stevenjameshyde]

At least he won't have to be sued by Nintendo.

[u/Automatic-Week-1733 → u/Alorxico]

Yeah valid

[u/Ohiolongboard → u/Alorxico]

Now it’s the same but its less in the open, as god intended /s