Man Named Taylor Swift Explains What It's Like to Share Her Moniker

Taylor Swift attends 'In Conversation With... Taylor Swift' during the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival at TIFF Bell Lightbox on Sept. 9, 2022, in Toronto, Ontario.

As a teenager, a man named Taylor Swift was embarrassed by the jokes that came with his moniker. But now, the 30-year-old from Washington, D.C., has embraced the attention that comes with sharing a name with pop superstar Taylor Swift. In fact, he says it's actually helped his career.

Swift recently wrote about the ups and downs of having the name "Taylor Swift" in an essay for Business Insider. He was 15 when he first heard of the young country senior and often teased about their shared name.

"Similar to most kids, I was trying to figure out who I wanted to be, but a couple of high school bullies and a choir teacher who would make jokes about my name didn't help," he explained.

As the "Is It Over Now" singer's fame grew and Swift prepared to attend college, he considered changing his name. Instead, he embraced it.

"I remember thinking, I was given this name for a reason, and I'm going to grow, and become who I'm meant to become with it," he wrote.

Today, Swift admits that although his name is a topic of "every social interaction, including in my political career," he "decided to have fun with it, and see it as an overall positive."

He added: "I like my name and I think it has helped me more than it has hurt me, even at work."

Swift later shared that people almost always remember his name— and when they do, "they also remember the ball I'm trying to push forward, and that's what's important."

Currently, Swift works as the deputy director of governance and innovation for POPVOX Foundation. He pointed out his name is a fantastic ice-breaker, sharing that he'll playfully tell people, "Please feel free to make jokes, I'll just shake it off, later."

Swift continued: "When at work, I'll use other song lyric references, like, 'I know this project has been hard, but we're not out of the woods yet,' and 'I know, this mistake was my fault. I'm the problem. It's me.'"

Given the "Cruel Summer" songstress' immense popularity over the past year—including smashing records, winning a Grammy Award, being named Time's 2023 Person of the Year, embarking on her wildly-popular Eras Tour over the past year and dating Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce—we have a feeling these jokes are landing just right.

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