I had a classmate who went by ‘CJ’ – I was surprised when I learned what it stood for, she hated her real name
A WOMAN has revealed her shock when she learned what a classmate’s name stood for.
She explained that it was the “trashiest” name she’d ever heard.
Sierra (@sierrasparklet) shared the name discovery in a TikTok video.
She explained that back when she was in junior high, she had a classmate who went by her initials, CJ.
Sierra had transferred into the school district partway through seventh grade and therefore didn’t know what the girl’s name stood for.
One day, during gym class, she heard the girl’s full name.
“I finally heard her full name, which was Cobra Jem,” she said.
“I asked her about it. She let me know she hated it and please do not call her by that.”
Her classmate explained that she wanted to be known as CJ and that as soon as she was able, she’d request a name change.
Her parents, she revealed, had decided her name as teen parents in the 80s.
They had named her after their favorite television shows, which happened to be Jem and the Holograms and G.I. Joe.
COBRA, a fictional terrorist organization, had been the main antagonist of the show G. I. Joe.
To this day, Sierra wondered if her classmate ever got the name change she desired.
While Sierra supplied the name as her answer to the “trashiest” name she’d ever heard, some didn’t think the name was too bad.
“Cobra Jem? I honestly love that, I’m not gonna lie,” said one commenter.
“I love it too, as an adult, where I can own it. But it’d probably be pretty hard to live with as a kid,” said another.
I asked her about it. She let me know she hated it and please do not call her by that.
TikToker Sierra
“I’m going to name my next cat Cobra Jem,” said a third.
Some took her story as a chance to share the worst names they’d personally encountered.
“A girl I went to high school with named her kid Renesmee after the baby in Twilight,” revealed one commenter.
“In the recovery room after a C-section, the woman next to me named her daughter Placenta Rose,” said another.
“Daiquiri. Needs zero explanation. Why would you do this to another person?” said a third.
One woman was also shocked when she discovered an acquaintance’s full name.
“A girl named Cassie but her actual name was Casserole,” she said.