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A woman on TikTok claimed that her parents made a typo on her birth certificate, and she didn’t find out about the mistake until she was 15 years old.

Gabby Mayor, who goes by the username @gabbbbb16 on the social media platform, shared more about the mishap in a video that has already reached over two million views.

In the five-second clip, she sat in a pair of pajamas as she stared off into space, with music playing in the background that featured the echo of different voices.

“Thinking about how my parents made a typo on my birth certificate and I didn’t find out until age 15 that my real name is actually Babrielle,” she wrote in white text in the video, a misspelling of the name “Gabrielle.”

In a message to The Post on Sunday, Mayor revealed that she actually found out the unfortunate news after she had passed her learner’s permit test. After a long wait at the DMV with her mom, she gave them her social security number, only to find out that there was no one named “Gabrielle Mayor” with that SSN, only a “Babrielle Mayor.”


  One woman on TikTok revealed that her parents made a typo on her birth certificate, and she didn’t find out until much later in life. gabbbbb16/TikTok One woman on TikTok revealed that her parents made a typo on her birth certificate, and she didn’t find out until much later in life. gabbbbb16/TikTok

After she asked her mom what had happened, her mom came clean that there had been a typo on her birth certificate. And, although she loves her parents, she said, she was shocked.

“Long story short, I did not learn how to drive that day, rather, I learned that I’ve been living a lie for the past 15 years,” Mayor told us.

Thankfully, however, her parents legally changed her name shortly after that, and she was able to get her permit two weeks later.

“To this day, all my friends call me ‘Babby’ or ‘Babs’–even strangers who have heard this story will jut immediately start referring to me as Babs,” she explained. “Needless to say, I never struggle to come up with a fun fact!”

In the comments section on Mayor’s video, many seemed relate to her struggle, as some viewers claimed that their parents had done the exact same thing on their birth certificates.

“My mom misspelled my name actually supposed to be sonya not sanya 😭,” one TikToker typed.

Another shared, “My legal name is Kristen but I have always spelt it Kristin and pronounce it Kristine. I didn’t know my name was Kristen until I moved out at 16…”

“My parents didn’t notice my brother’s birth certificate had the wrong birthday till he was like 6,” someone else admitted. “Way too late to fix it so now he has 2 birthdays 😂.”

A second user revealed, “Same thing happened to me. Raised as Taelor only to find out at 18 I’m actually Tealor.”

If there’s a typo on your birth certificate, it’s possible to get it amended, according to the New York City Department of Health — you have to submit a correction either by mail or by in-person appointment.

However, others tried to make Mayor feel better about her “new” name.

“Babrielle goes hard tho,” a viewer wrote.


  In response to her video, many admitted that they had the same thing happen to them. gabbbbb16/TikTok In response to her video, many admitted that they had the same thing happen to them. gabbbbb16/TikTok

Another viewer suggested, “The way I would own this and call myself Barbie.”

Mayor revealed that she was surprised by the amount of people who had the same experience as her.

“Here I was thinking this whole name fiasco was such an insane experience, could have only happened to me,” she explained. “After posting the video, I realized that sharing this story had brought together a whole community or people who had a similar story!”

She added, “I think none of us really realized that we weren’t alone in our wild fake name journeys.”

In other birth certificate news on TikTok, in September, one woman shared that she had the same thing happen to her, but instead, her misspelled name sounded like a “dirty word.”

User Chloe claimed that her dad misspelled her name on her birth certificate, too, and revealed that her real, legal name is “Chole.”

“Yes way my name is C-hole, coal, chole — however you want to pronounce it,” she admitted in the clip.

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