Frank Leskien is 'devastated' by what his eight-year-old babe Isis' name has appear to mean. Pictured with brother Maximus, 13. Source: Supplied
WHEN Sydney mum Sheridan Leskien would acquaint her daughter, up until a few months ago, the acknowledgment would consistently be the same.
"What a admirable name," strangers would coo.
"It sounds so strong. So unusual. What does it mean? Where does it appear from?"
People would adore the name the parents had adopted from an age-old Egyptian goddess and accustomed their daughter: Isis.
But in contempo months, instead of commenting how "unique" and "beautiful" the name is, Isis' introductions are met with shock and fear.
Although Sheridan and her bedmate Frank anxiously called their daughter's name from age-old mythology, apery a strong, articulate figure, it's afresh appear to be alike with the agitator Islamic active accumulation overextension alarm about the world.
Women about the apple called Isis accept active a address advancement the media to stop application their name. Pic: Save Our Name/Facebook Source: Supplied
"Every day there's some array of advertence in the media or brought up in chat about angry ISIS, about how ISIS is evil, and I'm abashed that she's activity to be targeted," Isis's mum tells news.com.au.
"It's ruining our ancestors and it's ruining Isis's future. I'm crestfallen for all the families actuality afflicted (by Islamic State), the journalists, the altered bodies who are suffering, but my ancestors is adversity too."
Mrs Leskien says Isis, who loves her name, is so far blind of the angry it's now associated with, but it's alpha to affect the blow her family.
Friends accept forsaken the brace who alive in Bexley in Sydney's south, adage they're abashed to be associated with them.
Isis's brother, 13-year-old Maximus, has already started to be teased at academy about his sister's name and has been in fights arresting her.
"Some bodies say we should change her name, but that's aloof ridiculous," Mrs Leskien says.
"She's eight years old, she'll hardly be told what to do at all. What bodies charge to do is stop application this admirable name for this angry group."
Isis, 8, loves her name. Source: Supplied
Her 13-year-old brother has been teased about it. Source: Supplied
Also accepted as ISIL and IS, the Iraq and Syria-based agitator accumulation is amenable for the accessible beheadings of journalists and an aid worker.
More than 60 Australians are believed to accept travelled to the Average East to accompany the agitator outfit, and its access is believed to be abaft advised attacks on our home soil, including an declared plan to about decollate a accidental affiliate of the accessible in Sydney's CBD, and an advance aftermost anniversary by a boyish alarm doubtable to advance two badge admiral in Melbourne.
It's been recognised as the best alarming agitator accumulation in the apple and it's barefaced that women who allotment ISIS name — which stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham — would rather the media and commentators use the another acronyms.
When Mrs Leskien set out to advance this bulletin in Sydney, an online chase led her to acquisition her ancestors was not abandoned in their suffering.
They Sydney mother was the 56th attestant to an online address started by US woman Isis Martinez, affecting the media to stop application the acronym ISIS for the group.
The address has now accomplished added than 30,000 supporters, abounding of them administration belief that Sheridan and her adolescent ancestors are all too accustomed with.
"My 6 year old babe Isis keeps seeing her name in tabloids and audition it on the account and allurement why bodies appetite to action adjoin her!!!!!!" Mrs Lee Petrelli wrote on the website.
"This needs to stop! When I acclamation for her at soccer over the accomplished ages all of the adults about-face and attending at me. It's alone a amount of time afore her classmates will apperceive of the terrorists as well."
Other parents accept aggregate agnate belief on the petition, and some women called Isis accept appear they've faced online blowing over the affiliation and accept been affected to accept their average names instead.
Mr Leskien doesn't appetite her babe to face the affectionate of blowing added women called Isis accept endured, nor does she appetite her to be ashamed by the name she's now so appreciative of.
"What we're aggravating to say to bodies is to use the appropriate name, don't use ISIS," she says.
"When bodies allocution about ISIS, acquaint them don't use that name for terrorists. Acquaint them Isis is the name of a admirable little eight-year-old girl."
Originally appear as 'My daughter's name is not evil'
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