To be annoyed to see my (foreign) name misspelt in work email?

I have a foreign name that many can't spell or pronounce correctly. And I'm included in lots of mailshots and marketing campaigns that are clearly for men, addressed to 'Mr' MY NAME so clearly lots of people think I'm a man too.

It's been like this all my life. I don't think anything of it and don't consider it rude or otherwise. It's just a mistake. I wouldn't email anyone to tell them their mistake. If it bothers you, just mention it in passing next time you speak.

If I got offended every time my name was written or pronounced incorrectly I'd be exhausted. Just let it go.

I'm British but have a foreign surname through marriage. People have repeatedly spelt it and said it incorrectly.
It's never occurred to me to be offended. I know they're not doing it maliciously. They're just not familiar with it and get it wrong.

I have a straight-forward first name, but mistype it myself quite often - it's just the combination of letters seems to come in a different order!

My surname on the other hand is short and simple but people get it wrong All The Time and I even live in an area where there's a local connection so you'd think they would get it right!

For example, imagine living in Bude and your surname was Bude but people decide to spell it Boode or Buude.

Mind-boggling.

As for my birth surname, well people were completely incapable of getting that right even though it's phonetic and not that hard either.

What can you do!

Ive nearly missed appointments because of it
Sitting waiting for my name (changed) Samantha Davies to be called

They shout "Samuel Davidson" then get annoyed when I don't answer. I'm female for a start and neither of those are my name!

Same. My name is frequently turned into the male version - think Michael instead of Michaela - or into an 'alternative' female name (so Michelle, using this same example). This has been happening for 40+ years in a variety of countries and settings.

To make things worse, people often get my surname wrong too even though it's only 5 letters. Or address me by my surname thinking it's my first name. Or get my surname wrong and call me Mr too. The most annoying ones are when they reply to an email from me so my correct name is right in front of them but they still get it wrong. Honestly people, just copy paste!

It gets very tedious. But people make mistakes and some people are just stupid.

I rarely bother to correct them these days unless it's something official or if I'm in a particularly foul mood and already raising an issue about bad service to them.

I suppose she means like

Wiktoria in Polish

being spelled Victoria

What does ‘anglicized’ mean in your post? My point being unfortunately accidents / autocorrect happen. When married I moved to a very common English married name - I am surprised how many people spell it wrong.

This.

My name gets misspelled about 60% of the time.

it's just not a big deal.

People spell names incorrectly all the time, my name has been spelt in various ways throughout my life. I honestly can't bring myself to care about it. My name is English, but you seem to think as yours is foreign you should be afforded more attention to detail, which is bizarre.

Names are to identify you from someone else, you knew the email was for you so job done. It's petty to correct them, I would view it as quite passive aggressive. If ypu really want to correct them, do so in your reply about whatever the actual email was about. Reply first and just add it at the end of that.

I was leading a restructuring process and a member of staff involved wrote to apply for the new role - one of the criteria being a good attention to detail. She spelt my surname wrong in the letter that she wrote, despite having worked with me closely for a couple of years AND my name being on the company letterhead. She was quite indignant when I pointed this out…

A lot of people have foreign names in England though.

I was born in England. My name is originally a French name. My mother just liked it.

I honestly don't care in the slightest if people get it wrong.

I once let a woman call me the slightly wrong name to my face for two weeks in a small office, as I just couldn't be bothered correcting her!!

But people, probably the same people, also can’t be arsed learning English names. The ‘foreign’ aspect is secondary and I would bet is rarely discriminatory but just sloppiness.

I don't let it slide purely because it's
1-right there in the previous email, email address and/or signature
2- I spell their "foreign to me name correctly" so come on like
3- it's 5 fucking letters and nothing special

I misspelled many English names after 3rd time they did mine. Somehow, they never misspelled mine again after. Chrees instead of Chris type of thing.

Though many people are incapable of spelling correctly even their fellow colleagues' or bosses' British names... It's just lack of care and basic respect to who you work with

My name and surname are both long & unusual (thanks parents!).

Regularly spelt incorrect even though they are correctly spelt in the email address.

My favourite one is a guy who changes by name completely - something like this,

My name is Isabella Goldsmith.
His version is Clarabella Greensmith.

Every single time!!!

It's not intentional and he has apologised, corrects it for a while, then changes back. It's like he has hardwired it into his brain wrong.

Every so often a central mailing time will send an email will issue company wide asking if anyone knows Clara Greensmith as post has arrived for her & they don't know where to direct it.

It used to annoy me but I no longer care.

It matters when it’s a “foreign” name being Anglicised, or someone simply not being arsed to learn to spell/pronounce a foreign name.

It’s obviously a mistake.

It’s sloppy but I don’t think there’s anything more to it. I have a very simple & relatively common English name and people very often spell it wrong (or bizarrely, call me something completely different) in response to my emails.
I’d let it slide.

I'd let it slide.

I have an uncomplicated, English name and people still spell it incorrectly on emails even when they can see my name right there. (Jill instead of Gill)

Does it really matter though.

I've had people call me the completely wrong name.

I didn't give a shit.

I have a very common 1980s name spelt three diff ways so this happens to me frequently. Even my own dad has spelt it wrong in Xmas cards. My son has a more rare name but perfectly spellable name it gets spelt and pronounced incorrectly all the time. It’s not really worth getting stressed about.

I get this all the time. My (admittedly, passive aggressive) response is to misspell their Anglican names.

“Hi Adum, thanks for your email”. “Thanks for reaching out, Stive.”

Same! My surname is British and has 2 spellings, it's on my work email signature, any reports I sign off, and my work badge. I still get the non correct spelling of it, all the time. 🤦🏼‍♀️

Just email to correct it
I get the male version of my name constantly and am thinking about changing it as I'm so frustrated with it
Even in an email with my name and signature

why let it slide? what else will they let slide at work if they can't even get a name right?