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There's a boy I know at school... His name, on birth certificate, is Michael. However, he is called Josh.

Apparently his parents wanted him to have a name that was more serious or something so that it looked better on applications and things... But they wanted to call him Josh for his name.

As you can imagine, he gets a bit frustrated trying to explain to teachers why the roll call says 'Michael' but he wants to be called 'Josh'.

I think his parents are a bit loopy.

Any thoughts? Anyone heard of anything similar?