I was bullied at school because my name sounded really filthy – AND it was my dad’s ex-girlfriend’s name
A WOMAN has revealed how she was bullied at school because her name was constantly made to sound filthy.
Annelil (pronounced: Anna-lil) said she suffered from a series of troublesome mispronunciations during her youth.
The young woman explained that she regularly had variations of her unique first name that also included less intrusive alternatives such as Annabel and Annie.
She told Kidspot: “I end up having to ask people to call me Anna so it’s easier.”
“I’ve gotten used to my name, but it was really awful during high school — bullies called me 'Analil', but I do find it funny now.”
Annelil also revealed she was named after a Norwegian woman that her father used to date.
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“Technically, I’m named after my dad’s ex-girlfriend,” she said, before adding that her mother actually liked the name too.
Sadly, this wasn’t the case for one woman who suffered years of bullying as a result of her unfortunate double entendre.
Speaking exclusively to the Sun, Lana said she was forced to dropped out of school two years early after kids twigged the rude meaning of her name spelt backwards.
"One day, a lad from another class who I didn't even know shouted 'anal' at me in the corridor. Soon everybody was doing it,” she said.
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"When you’re a teenager, that sort of thing really bothers you. It’s embarrassing, you don’t want to be singled out. They started a chant, which went ‘anal, anal, she likes it up the bum’.
"I remember one time, I had lads hanging out of a bus window shouting that at me outside Tesco. It was mostly the boys who found it hilarious.
"It all really knocked my confidence. By the time I was 15, there was a lot of gossiping about my sexual preferences, none of which was true.”
Last year, a shocking study revealed that roughly 54 per cent of school children in the UK aged 9-16 had suffered bullying.
Eight in 10 had faced taunts, name-calling and abuse from their peers while at school.
The Sun has issued a guide to parents and legal guardians about what the law says about bullying.
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By law, all state schools should have a behaviour policy in place to prevent bullying among pupils, and this is determined by each school.
Each school may deal with bullying differently, but you can complain if you feel they haven’t dealt with your concerns appropriately.