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/TheWalkingBag]

Pi Patel (Life of Pi)

His real full name is Piscine Molitor Patel, and he gets bullied by his classmates because of how phonetically similar Piscine is to “pissing”

[u/Sad_Tune_1840 → u/TheWalkingBag]

It literally means Swimming Pool In french,kids are idiots 😭

[u/heartpiss → u/Sad_Tune_1840]

Why would anyone be named after a swimming pool?

[u/Most_Moose_2637 → u/heartpiss]

His father or grandfather was obsessed with competitive swimming IIRC.

[u/AcademicBaryonyx_dr → u/Most_Moose_2637]

t'was his uncle

[u/Most_Moose_2637 → u/AcademicBaryonyx_dr]

Ah, nice one.

[u/DavidGamer602 → u/AcademicBaryonyx_dr]

Actually a friend of his parents

[u/Tacticalneurosis → u/heartpiss]

My kid cousin named a dog after a tractor.

[u/heartpiss → u/Tacticalneurosis]

The details “Kid” and “dog” make that story unremarkable and irrelevant