Trevors are fighting back against the nerd stigma that’s tainted us for so long
I’ve never resented the name Trevor, but I have thought about it a lot. It’s not a weird name, it’s just not that common. I was named after the ambulance driver who took my mother to the hospital as I was about to be born. I’ve only ever met one other Trevor in person in my life.
Growing up in the 1970s, it seemed that if there was a TV character who was a bit of a geek, he would be called Trevor. We’re not seen as heroic or glamorous. It was hurtful enough to make me wish I had a different name.
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