I don’t think there is any way to stop people calling me a completely different name to mine

[inmyhome]

And I really wish it did not bother me, but it does.

My name is very uncommon, but it is virtually identical in spelling to another slightly more common one. However, the pronunciation is different.

I am selling my house. It has been let out for over a decade with the same estate agents. They still call me the wrong name.

It doesn’t seem to matter how many times you correct people and there really does come a point where there aren’t enough hours in the day.

Weirdly, it’s only in the area I grew up in this is an issue. Has anyone else had this?

Lots of people stick a random 's' on the end of our (extremely common and only has four letters) surname, turning it from the singular to the plural. Think 'Kites' instead of 'Kite' but not that, obviously.

I've come to the conclusion that people are just dim.

Titania pronounced with a slightly long first 'a' in all the productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream that I've ever seen - Tit-AH-nia.

I vaguely know someone called Titania who pronounces with a short 'a' though - like the a in cat. It's not you is it?!

is it something similar to people calling you alesha? but your name is pronounced alicia (ah-li-si-a)?

some people at my work put the pronunciation underneath and people STILL say it completely wrong!

irks me and it’s not even my name!

Are you being serious? My name is not “silly” or “made up” in any way, it’s just not that common in this country. Do you go abroad and correct people’s names there, too? Just because you haven’t heard a name before or can’t be bothered to pronounce it correctly/educate yourself, doesn’t make you right. It makes you RUDE.

I have a very common everyday name that is spelled the way everyone would spell it. I am often called by 2 similar names and have no idea why.

I have this - first name, middle names and surname!

When you first meet someone, if you feel comfortable enough saying how your name is specifically pronounced, do that. E.g. Sara as in Lara, not Sara as in Sarah.

I just tend to spell the middle name and surname - but I'm reverting back to my former name soon so I will not have that problem for much longer.

If you are completing something online you can also explain the same in the 'given name' text box or a free text box. That tends to work well.

When the Estate Agent calls you, asking for the wrong name, just reply "No - oh, do you mean ???". They will get it eventually!

But if it’s the character/boat I’m thinking of, they are pronounced differently? In that case, “pronounced exactly as it’s written” still offers the possibility of the short or the long pronunciation of the vowel? I agree, it should be obvious how to pronounce your name if it’s what I’m thinking of, though!

Infuriating! I work with someone called Kristen and people always call her Kirsten. I’m like - fucking read the letters in the correct order!!! Big boss is the worst. Absolutely cringe for her 😳

No my actual name is Jean 😊

Me too. I have a soft G in my surname and whenever someone says it correctly I always compliment them.

i worked in a school office and I put the correct pronunciation of my name on the door. All the children addressed me correctly but none of my colleagues ever did.

Side track here. However I googled trying to work out the name from your clue and I think this might make you laugh.

You are the famous Shakespearean character Hamlet (from the tragedy Hamlet), which is just one letter different from the famous ship Titanic!!!

So Hi Hamlet 😃

I am hopeless with these sort if clues

Hard to say without knowing the name. If it’s something like karin and people say Karen or carmelle and they call you caramel or Sophia and they call you Sophie I can see your point

A colleague was once moaning that the boss spelt her surname wrong, using ie instead of y. The irony was she always spelt my first name wrong, even though it was in the email in front of her.

My first name is a used shortening of a longer common name but spelt differently. I constantly deal wiith several wrong spellings. I've never liked it but also hate it being shortened.
ie Vikki, not Victoria, constantly spelt Vicky, shortened to Vic.
I dislike my middle name even more so using that was never an option.

Emilia is a beautiful name and I am with you on Amelia.

I have a dd named Eloisa. People keep saying Elouise. The 2 names come from different roots and so many cannot say her name right and feel she is the one in the wrong. I point out that if someone is named Louisa they can cope with that so why not this one.

She wanted her leavers hoodie stating.
EloiSA but That aparently couldn't be done
4 years later her younger sister (different school) did get Ah oh eye fe. For her hoodie ( she is Aoife)

To @inmyhome our name is important it is about our identity. Im not the best with accents but names I learn and I invite people to correct me if I am saying a name that doesn't sit easier on my tongue. I have had people who told me my insisting on learning how to say their name correctly has meant people who have said it incorrectly for years have started to use it right.

To me its rude to not use the name people tell you. I may get some pronunciations wrong but you are darn right I will do my best to learn if I struggle.

I have an "onny" name many Americans pronounce it "arnie" (so say my name is Bonnie they say it Barnie) I loathe it it sounds so awful and while I know its their accent it gives me a viseral reaction each time.

It’s interesting to read so many people have this issue including people with a typical English name.
I very rarely use my real name because I never expect it to be said right or because of cultural/ religious conclusion people make about me because of it, which are not true.

My sister is called Sophia, which, especially nowadays is a very common name.

She gets called Sophie constantly, especially winds her up when people reply to emails with Sophie. It drives her up the wall.

Same here op, rare name, one letter away from a more common name. Not only do strangers and acquaintances call me the wrong name (even when it’s written in front of them), I’ve had people I consider friends say the wrong one and it always feels really awkward and embarrassing to correct them

I have a short A in my first name which everyone in the south pronounces as a long A. I no longer notice but am thrilled when it's pronounced correctly.

A relation has the same name, same pronunciation, and I can't tell you how odd it was to hear her new neighbour calling her it with the long A. Everyone else has always called her with the short A.

When dd2 was at preschool you had to take your name label and put it next to the lunch choice.

Every single day, DH had to replace dd's label with Sophia's, because apparently Sophia's grandparents either couldn't read or thought their granddaughter was called Sophie 🤦🏻‍♀️

I suspect part of it is because phonics weren’t routinely taught until recently. It’s phonetically correct: the addition of one letter makes a short ‘e’ sound (like in elephant) whereas with only one it’s a long eeeee. I’m not keen on the long eeee sound especially in the local accent; it just makes it sound really whiny, so that adds to my annoyance.

Mia isn’t straightforward though. It can be Meeea or Myah and there’s no way of knowing beforehand

Your name is basically the noise people make to address you or refer to you. So if they are making the wrong noise, that’s not your name.

I get it too. I use a diminutive of my first name (because I hate it) and people still get that wrong.

Think: Janet. Goes by Janney. Gets called Jane. Or Janice.

Is it the pronunciation of Marie or similar?

I've never had my English name pronounced correctly by a Danish person :-D

I can't pronounce the majority of Danish names correctly either so I give them a pass.

(Husband is Danish and I lived in Denmark for a while a few years ago)

I know someone called Kristy and she gets called Kirsty all the time.