Upon investigation of his name, a content creator became livid at his parents for wronging him.
Mr. Williams (@mrwilliamsprek) shared his findings in a video with over 2.6 million TikTok followers.
“Question, did your parents do you dirty when they named you because today I found out that mine did,” he said.
The content creator explained that he was inspired by a post from one of his sisters which prompted viewers to introduce themselves by the meaning of their name.
“I thought I don’t know how the meaning of any of my sisters’ or my own name, I’m going to investigate and look it up,” he said.
A deeper dive revealed that his oldest sister’s name, Amber, meant jewel or golden color, his sister Natasha’s name meant Christmas, and his younger sister Kimberly’s meant royalty.
When it came to his own name, Tell, which wasn’t short for anything, he found himself disappointed.
Tell explained that since his name was a verb or a noun, he’s never been curious enough to look it up.
“Today I decided that I’m going to — first I find out that the name is of German background, which is fine but confusing because we’re Puerto Rican,” he said.
“It means to gorge like to gorge on food… Listen as a kid, I was a gay Puerto Rican living in Northern Indiana, Mike Pence was our governor and on top of that, my name was Tell?” he said.
“They called me Telly Tubbies, they called me Tell the Tattletale, they sang Go Tell It on the Mountain every time I walked by but I always told myself ‘It’s you, it’s beautiful,'” he said.
“And it means to gorge! I’m going to get a family-sized pack of whatever because apparently, I’ve got a name to live up to!”
His viewers thought that his parents were well-intentioned with the unique name.
“It’s gorge like short for gorgeous,” joked one commenter.
“Parents: oh, he’s going to EAT,” said another.
“No no sir, it means to gorge on life and all the experiences you can get in, see fixed it,” said a third.
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