Change Quote by Yvonne Strahovski

My heritage, many generations back, is Dutch and it was fun to go where nobody asked me how to pronounce my name.

— Mary Steenburgen

I never wanted to give up my given name. I'm proud of it, but the only problem was that no one remembered it. It…

— Warren Kole

I would never be comfortable with an edited name. I have never hidden the fact that I am of Indian origin.

— Jay Chandrasekhar

We don't know when our name came into being or how some distant ancestor acquired it. We don't understand our name at all, we…

— Milan Kundera

I was named after my mother's maiden name.

— Sprague Grayden

When you have a different name, people just kind of take the liberty to spell it how they want.

— Cristela Alonzo

My name is indigenous to my country, it is not easy to pronounce, it takes effort to say correctly and I am absolutely in…

— Warsan Shire

A name is so important. A surname connects you to your past, to your family. Even a given name has meaning - why did…

— Kelley Armstrong

My parents gave me a Mexican name. In our culture, we are named after the events of the day.

— Lupita Nyong'o

My father chose my name , and my last name was chosen by my ancestors . That’s enough, I myself choose my way

— Ali Shariati

It was my dad's idea to change my name from Sahatciu to Ora. He said it would be easier to pronounce.

— Rita Ora

Changing my name has been like a formal rite of passage.

— Anohni