Destinee Hooker to haters: I love my name and 'at least you know it'

The “Beavis and Butthead” corner of the Twitterverse  just can’t stop snickering at Olympic volleyball star Destinee Hooker’s name.

This girls name is Destinee Hooker. I feel like her parents meant for her to be a stripper.

— Shayla Holth-Hyatt (@cowgirl_shayla) July 30, 2012

Destinee Hooker sounds like a pornstar or a stripper name.

— Burt Macklin (@TypicalJack) July 30, 2012

Destinee Hooker has a head start on being a prostitute named Destinee Hooker

— Devan Costa (@DevanCosta) July 30, 2012

https://twitter.com/Kyle_schu31/status/229994715968331776

https://twitter.com/JulianGotovac/status/229995597007032321

https://twitter.com/mattygee66/status/229976109586972673

https://twitter.com/keithsexton/status/229660893791780864

But no matter how vicious the mockery gets, the Olympic volleyball star is proud of her name.

https://twitter.com/destineehooker/status/230578763325403136

That wasn’t the first time the Team USA athlete used Twitter to address the digs at her name.

https://twitter.com/destineehooker/status/229408079605796864

https://twitter.com/destineehooker/status/229626452113498112

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Here’s all that really needs to be said:

https://twitter.com/destineehooker/status/230074622442364932

Boom!

Earlier this week Hooker shared the story of how her parents chose her name.

https://twitter.com/destineehooker/status/230040060404326401

https://twitter.com/destineehooker/status/230040254101463042

https://twitter.com/destineehooker/status/230040346007056384

Sniff. Is it dusty in here? Those aren’t tears, we just have something in our eyes.