Did she mishear my name?

[HuhItsNot]

Just on the phone and was asked for my name.
Danielle.
"Could you spell that please?"
"D A N I E L L E"
"Thanks, very unusual that, its nice"

🤔

Its not unusual at all, is it?!

Does it matter?

Do you have a particular accent or did she? Or she just might not have known how to spell it so tried to put a compliment in 😂

No, both very local English accents!

I don’t think k I’ve ever known a Danielle, so I’d say uncommon!

But she was probably just making conversation…

Does anything?

Seems it matters to you enough to write a reply, so I guess so!

I thought its a very bog standard 80s name. Certainly never, ever had anyone say its unusual!

I wouldn't have said it was a rare, obscure name at all! My cousin is Danielle and I went to school with 2 in the 80's.

She probably misheard you the first time. Felt stupid when you spelt it out as she clicked it was a very straightforward name. Then panicked and said something daft.

That's how my slightly socially awkward brain interprets that anyway!

She's probably heard it, but maybe never seen it written so didn't quite click that it's not that uncommon.

😭 I think that she misheard you and then covered it up

She probably has to do it daily though, just part of the job I imagine

Maybe!

I know its a non event, i was just a bit baffled that she would think it unusual!

I'm being rung back so if the caller refers to me a Nielle I will know it was a broken line at least 🤣

My 1st name is only 4 letters and pronounced how its spelt. Some people swap letters around for some unknown reason, possibly dyslexia? My surname is not common, so I automatically spell both out. I'm a woman and my name is similar to Mary Franks. Last week, as usual, I clearly spelt out my entire name.
M-A-R-Y etc.
When the delivery arrived it was to: Mr Ramy FrankenFurter. 🙄

@Darkclothes you just made me snort loudly on a train 😂😂

I just startled the dog! 🐕🙂

Possibly outing myself here but a few years ago I was giving my (maiden) name to someone over the phone and spelt it out, as it was often misspelled. “R O G E R S” I said slowly and clearly. Letter came a week later….

Miss Rajros 😆

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Dark that is hilarious!

I think she wrote it down and then read it back to herself pronouncing it weirdly eg. Danny- Ellie or something 😆

Was she very young sounding? Might not have met a Danielle before, or not realised that Dani is short for Danielle. Lovely name btw.

She's probably used to everyone's name having a unique spelling, like Brenda spelt A-A-R-D-V-A-R-K

I think it’s an uncommon name unless you are of a certain age in certain circles. I’m an 80s child and I had a friend named Danielle in school but can’t say I’ve met one in the 30 years since. I would guess she is younger than us and probably doesn’t know a Danielle or misheard you.

I know several Danielles. At least 2 under 30. A couple mid-thirties. So I would say it's an 80s/90s name, and not uncommon at all. Lovely name, imo

If you didn't spell it as Delta-Alpha-November etc she may have misheard you and typed it as Bamielle, which would be unusual.

I think it's fairly unusual, I've only ever met one, but not so unusual I'd comment on it. I agree with @Togglebullets probably misheard and panicked.

I’ve done this so many times, said a name is not common and lovely, whilst I was busy writing something down and then kicked myself later thinking the person will assume I’m an idiot as the name was very popular 😂

It was probably something she says a lot!

Did you spell it just with letters, or like “delta alpha..”? If just letters she might have misheard D and P or B. Panielle or Banielle would be unusual.