The parents of an 11-year-old boy whose last name is Trump have told how they had to pull him out of school and change his surname because he has been relentlessly bullied for it since the 2016 election.

Joshua Trump from Delaware has always used his mother Megan's maiden name as his own.

The family has no ties to the president but when he launched his presidential campaign, bullies seized on Joshua at elementary school.

The bullying became so bad that his father, Robert Berto, pulled him out of school and home schooled him for a year.

Joshua Trump, 11, has no connection to the president other than sharing his name but has been relentlessly bullied at school for it for more than two years

When Joshua became old enough to go to middle school, the family reentered him into the mainstream system but they say the bullying started again.

Now they have taken the unusual step of having his name changed from Trump to Berto in the school's database.

It remains unclear if the family will change his name legally or if his younger sister will go by Trump or Berto.

The family did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com's inquiries on Wednesday.

Megan and Robert are married and she uses her husband's surname.

Joshua has always taken his mother's maiden name even though she goes by Berto. She said that the bullying made her son 'hate himself'

Joshua's father Robert Berto is pictured walking him to middle school since he returned recently. He spent a year home-schooling the boy after removing him from elementary school because of the bullying

Joshua will now go by Berto at school. The family has not revealed if they plan to legally change his name

Speaking to ABC on Tuesday, she recalled some of the taunts he faced.

'They curse at him, they call him an idiot, they call him stupid.

'He said he hates himself, and he hates his last name, and he feels sad all the time, and he doesn't want to live feeling like that anymore, and as a parent that's scary,' his mother Megan said.

The principal of Talley Middle School, Mark Mayers, said the school had changed Joshua's name in its systems and would help him address any other issues in the future.

Five children who were responsible for some of the bullying have been disciplined for it.