I stumbled on a wikiHow post titled, “How to Deal With Having a Boy’s Name when You’re a Girl.”
I enjoy particularly step four:
- Go back to school with evidence. Bring a page you printed of a name website, stating that your name can be a girl or boys name. Possibly bring a list of female celebrities sharing your name.
I highly doubt that showing up at school with paperwork defending your name is a way to reduce teasing. Admittedly you’ll be teased a lot less about your name, but now you’ll forever be the girl who brought Internet research to school. Naming such a celebrity is a great idea, but bringing supporting documentation really won’t help.
The last step may also be ill-advised:
- Get advice. Ask your parents, or if you’re too shy, ask the school counselor or an older sibling. Ask how you can cope with people treating you this way.
Your parents created the problem by naming their daughter James. They may not have the best advice to give on the subject.
7. Change your middle name to Lynn (also a boy’s name) and your last name to Spears.
http://www.jamielynnspears.com/main.html
Perhaps I should have known better, but I clicked that link. And then, having had fully 48% of my brain cells surrender on sight, I clicked another link.
My cat’s breath smells like cat food.