[CzarNicky]

The sad thing about it that while her name was often a source of embarrassment to her, she refused to change it because she didn't want to shame her mother.

I was given a goofy name at birth, not that bad, and had to spend close to 100 dollars to change it though probate court. My parents do not accept it and think I was crazy to change it. I pretty much have a dual name now with family calling me by my old name and all new acquaintances by my new legal one. The name my parents gave me would have been fine had we lived in central Europe but we lived in the central United States.

[ShadowAce]

I was given a goofy name at birth, not that bad, and had to spend close to 100 dollars to change it though probate court.

A guy goes into court to change his name. The judge asks him what his current name is.

"Richard Van Lesbian, sir."
"I can understand why you would want to change your name. What do you want to change it to?"
"Dick VanDyke, sir."

[Don Carlos]

Your screen name reminded me of a woman in my neighborhood named Czarina. She is Phillipina and pronounces is "Sharina".