Spelling it out?

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I love my name, but it is unusual and so I always have to spell it out Which happens really quite often. I guess less so now as I don't tend to leave messages for people anymore as I can usually email them instead, but whenever I phone anyone with a reception I always have to spell it, and then they usually get it wrong or are unsure enough not to tell the person I'm ringing and so I have to spell it out again. Which is kind of irritating. Oh and I get letters/parcels and emails misspelled all the time. Which is problematic for emails as it means I don't actually get them.

I use my dds name at Starbucks, and anyone else I'm booking with for reservations. That said dd has a really simple, common name and also gets it misspelled as there are now so many variations with everyone wanting to put their own touch to it.

I have a common surname (as in, in the top 5 most common surnames) but it has several variants spelling-wise, so I always have to spell it out.

Doesn't bother me in the slightest.

For anything official. It's an ordinary, well-known name, but can be spelled two different ways (like Abby/Abbie), so I usually get asked which.

One of my dds has a popular name that can be spelt two ways - she's managed to get to the age of almost 12 without it being a blight on her life. I think going through primary school there were a few people in her class that never got it right but she didn't care, they only wrote her name on a Christmas card, they weren't friends. She's started secondary - a few teachers started the year spelling it the other way, she just scored it out if for example they had written it in a homework book and she wrote it how she spelt it.

I think now with texting, FB and social media people see your name written down a lot more so they are aware of how you spell it earlier if that makes sense

I always have to spell my name and people constantly mispronounce it but I love it and wouldn't change it for anything!

Constantly. First and second name.
I also do the fake name thing - esp in Starbucks and similar places!

*commonplace

OP you do make a good point about people even mis-spelling easy names. That doe occasionally happen - I changed my surname when I got married so I wouldn't have to spell at least one name, but people do (rarely) still get it wrong

I have to spell my name Every Single Time. And often explain it - where it came from. I am used to it now. I am sort of proud of it. But I deliberately chose names for my own children that, whilst not commonplaces, were not unheard-of or hard to spell.

I use a fake name sometimes eg in coffee shops. I use my surname when booking taxis or restaurants

I have to spell my name out every time anyone wants to write it down. It's not a big problem but I often use my middle name instead if it's for something unimportant such as making a restaurant reservation.

My name is correctly spelt but not British.

People regularly misspell my name but it doesn't bother me. If you are someone who will get offended if people misspell your DCs name then it's probably best to give them an easy to spell name.

I often have to spell my not unusual but not common name, always have to say my surname "with an x", dh's common first name "with an x" and both dd's names as they are unusual. Not a problem though, wouldn't want different names because of it

I have a very common name of which there are several spelling variations. (See username!) Doesn't bother me in the slightest having to spell it out.

All the time. I always had to spell my (rather ordinary, standard spelling) first name and (very short, 3 letter, everyday word) surname so was happy when I changed my surname when I got married, thinking it would mean no.more spelling out. No. If anything it's worse, it's a Welsh surname and people can't pronounce it let alone spell it. I had a frustrating conversation yesterday on the phone where I spelled out my first name 4 times aby my surname 8 times. By the end I was feeling murderous. It isn't even a difficult name.

One of my son's has a Portuguese name, in the uk I usually need to spell it, even though it's fairly simple and a version of a classic biblical name. In Portugal I would have no problem but here in Brazil it can be spelled the classic Portuguese way or with an H which is more common. I sometimes need to spell it out as it's spelt the classic way. I have to spell it so infrequently that it's not a big deal. School enrolments, doctors enrolments, hospital visits and passport applications are the only places I've had to do this.

Every single time. My name is common, 9 letters beginning with K every one knows someone with my name but there's so much variation in spelling I don't even give them chance to ask anymore just sound it out straight away.

Pretty often and i have to spell my surname every time (to the point i don't even say it anymore, just spell it). Drives me nuts.

My name is really common for my age group but there are several spellings. I would say almost every time I give my name to be written down someone says "is that this spelling or this spelling"? I'm fine with it tbh.

I did see a woman going into my gym class last week though. I know her from class, but didn't know her name. She had forgotten her gym card so was telling the man behind the desk her name and she didn't even attempt to say it, she just spelt it out straight away. It was a very unusual name with a lot of letters, The woman looked a little fed up as she had to spell it several times before he found her on the system! That sort of thing could get irritating I think.

I have a fairly common 4 letter name that I can't even begin to tell you how often it's misspelt. There is a boys name quite close in sounding and some weirdos people think that is what I have said.
So if it's not hugely outlandish I wouldn't worry about them having to spell it out sometimes.

I have a very common name in England, but I now live in a country where it's foreign, so I have to spell it out.

Tbh, it's not that common an occurrence. And it doesn't really bother me. Certainly not enough to affect what I would name my kids.

Lots more in the age of email. I have a name with a couple of variant spellings. Growing up in the 1980s I'd specify the spelling if asked, and get mildly irritated by the wrong one, but it wasn't a big deal.

Wrong spelling on an email will get you every time. Just this week at work I've come unstuck trying to email a Michelle with one L, and a Donaghue that wasn't spelt how you'd expect. So these days, it's a regular feature. Equally, it's a bugger to avoid - if a name is popular enough to be readily recognisable, its quite likely to have at least one variant spelling!

I have a very popular name and in person almost never, sometimes people do double check as there's a couple of options but I have the 'common' one. Over the phone though; loads and used to regularly get messages though for Stacey Tracey sukey and lots of spellings id not considered.
My dds name is unusual I always have to spell and people reading it often mispronounce it. It is annoying and I'd not really considered it when we picked the name, she loves it though and is confident enough to correct people.

I have a normal name with an unusual spelling. I do prefer the version of my name written down, it does look a lot nicer. However even in adult life I'm constantly having to spell it out, I does get a bit annoying. I have decided I wouldn't give my children names with alternative spellings. I do remember being upset as a child when birthday cards etc all had my name spelt wrong.

Don't make a spelling up for a name to be different, but if it's just tricky to spell or there are 2 common versions I don't think it matters. I have to spell my really popular name loads so it might as well have been unusual.