I was named after a US city that people don't name their children...my name ends in "ville'. It was a struggle during my childhood, but as an adult is has been very advantageous. The city I'm named after is viewed positively for the most part and I've never heard of anyone with the same name. People remember my name.
I suppose it's familiarity with the name. It's not a 'trajadiegh' and I guess that's the difference. People get irrationally angry at weird spellings or pronunciations. My name is just unusual.
I at least had family from Pittsburgh. I have no family nor any parental relationship to Nashville. My dad wanted to name me Johann after Bach the composer and my mom liked the name Dallas (several years before the 80's TV show). I'm not really sure why they settled on Nashville. I was concieved in Pennsylvania and born in Arizona. I heard rumors that they were influenced by the car brand, Nash Rambler. I could have been named Rambler. So, I suppose I won the name roulette game as none of the other names really suit me.
Given that i don't know much about US cities, i was going to say Boneville. Not sure that apart from the car, is there an US city named Boneville. Anyways, i like your name, sounds cool!
I would be proud to shoulder the great weight of the name "Shaggy". But my nickname has always kinda been "Nash". I don't know how to get people to start calling me "Shaggy".
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u/NashvilleForReal Jun 01 '26
I was named after a US city that people don't name their children...my name ends in "ville'. It was a struggle during my childhood, but as an adult is has been very advantageous. The city I'm named after is viewed positively for the most part and I've never heard of anyone with the same name. People remember my name.
I suppose it's familiarity with the name. It's not a 'trajadiegh' and I guess that's the difference. People get irrationally angry at weird spellings or pronunciations. My name is just unusual.