or have strange meanings in English.

The boy has been teased by others because of his last name. Also,others can not say his name correctly just by looking at it.

Besides, his parents always have big fights, even after their divorce.

The mother is trying to get sole custody now.

One more thing, lots of eastern Europeans changed their last names when they immigrated into US a century ago because their names were hard to be pronounced or to be spelled right.