To ask if anyone else gets an "are you taking the piss?" reaction when you tell them your name?

[JarOfFarts]

Luckily I have a thick skin! 😂

Does anyone else get this reaction, or other strange ones?

I think that’s a reaction to any name considered old fashioned and (currently) out of fashion.

I used to know a Chinese man who had picked an English name to use over here to make pronunciation easier. Not unusual, but he had picked Lancelot. It got similar reactions, but probably softened because people assumed he hadn’t know the cultural nuances when picking it (he may well have, i have no idea).

My dd1 is Miranda, and we sometimes get funny sideways looks to that, although more so i suspect because people think of -and dislike - the comedian.

I get 'pardon?' then I repeat, then offer to spell it.

Has pissed me off for over 50 years

I do. Took my husband's name when we married nearly 20 years ago and let's say it is a verily famous boxer's name.

I LOVE the name Miranda!

Quote function ? How does that work ?

I get a 'are you taking the piss' reaction occasionally. My name is Welsh. It's usually because they've misheard it as something else which is more common - think Eleri misheard as Ellie, Kerry or Mary - and don't like it when I point out it's Eleri, not Ellie.

Then there's the people who insist I'm pronouncing it wrong and rhyme it with celery, instead of Terry and refuse to accept it rhymes with Terry and Kerry.

Then you get the 'oh it's Welsh for X English name, great because I couldn't possibly learn how to pronounce a Welsh name, I'll call you English version instead' (no, you won't).

Worst ones are 'oh I'll never learn that, can I just call you Sophie instead?' (No, you cannot).

I do usually get positive reactions though!

I like Lysander.

I forgot that I once got an angry response from a man in a club once who thought I was taking the piss out of him by giving him a made up name!

I like Lysander but would expect a boy as per Shakespeare

@IndiaMay

I like Lysander but would expect a boy as per Shakespeare

Especially with the middle name Spencer! 🙉

@Kirschcherry

“I'd just think 'Oh, your mum must have been a Jilly Cooper fan...'”

...or Shakespeare...

As a fan of both Jilly Cooper and then Bard I like it, although I can imagine you do get some interesting reactions.

or Sarah J Maas (she has a Lysander, but the books are a lot newer, the book was published in 2012, so i doubt that is it)

I once knew a Michael Hunt, he insisted his name be shortened to Mickey only.

I don't think I have ever met anyone with a true outlandish name, though.

Just spotted 'quote' on the name bar.

@Aroundtheworldin80moves

Our surname sometimes gets a few odd reactions- especially teamed with DHs professional title. It was actually featured on a radio talk show once in disbelief...

My Granny once had a GP called Dr De'ath. (Dee-Eff, not death)

Have had overreactions to my middle name - Rowan. I am female. It's not that weird is it? Luckily it doesn't come up much, although yesterday...

DD: Is your middle name Rowan?
Me: Yes.
DD ( in the style of all eight year olds trying for tact and failing): Do you like it?
Me: Talk to grandma.

Rowan isn't weird to me but one of my favourite kids books has a large family and a daughters called rowan.
I never assumed it wasn't a name for a girl, though I know a male one too

A quick google reveals far more Dr De’aths practicing out there than even nominative determinism should allow.

No personal “what the fuck” name reactions - but my friend who works as a school librarian took her husband’s name and ended up as Mrs Read. People do think she’s taking the piss when she tells them her name and occupation.

My dc's friends don't believe it's my real name.
Thanks dm...
My dh never ever uses it.

All the idiots suggesting 'unique' names that show how clever they are on the baby names board should read this......

My mum had a patient called Mr Slaughter and he was a butcher.

Occasionally. Usually by men on my dating sites who ask 'whether I was born male'

I mean, yeah: it's gender neutral — and probably not all that usual for a 53 year old — but it's not 'out there' in the scheme of things. Pffft!

My son is called Elias which I don’t find that unusual but he’s always asked to repeat it, shocked looks, it’s always spelled wrong, pronounced wrong and even his teacher this year said “I’ll just say it like this instead”.
He likes it a lot tho! I LOVE Lysander.

We have a GP locally called Dr. Die which is unfortunate...

Yeah I get a bit of surprise as most people know me as Jo but my full name is Jocasta

My DH went to school with someone called X John Thomas Cocking.

I guess some parents think you should have a sense of humour about your name, not understanding that it must get very waring.

I love the name Lysander btw!