Feel embarrassed he didn’t know my name?

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I work in a team of 16 people, I’ve been in it for just over a year. I had a meeting with one of them and he didn’t even know my name and kept going between my actual name and an incorrect one. So think Georgia and then changed it to Georgina and back again

Other people were in that meeting and I just felt humiliated

People sometimes call me (say) Natasha/Natalie in the same conversation. I do not get upset. It is easily done, I might do it myself to other names.

He only did it twice (without being corrected).

Mountain and molehill springs to mind unless there is some massive drip feed?

I had a boss who thought I was called Sheila. I even got a Christmas card addressed to Sheila. I returned it saying it wasn't me.

I've read the whole thread but none the wiser about how anyone could be embarrassed by another person's mistake unless maybe it's their child

Do you lack confidence OP

How about letting him know he got it wrong. It’s embarrassing for him, not you.

This. I do wonder how some people actually function in the real world.

He’s the one who will look bad OP, not you! Everyone will be thinking how self absorbed he must be.

I was on a college course for 6 months and one of the class came over to me one day and started asking me about the latest assignment - she thought I was the tutor.

That’s how invisible I am

Wear a sticky label with your name on it for the next meeting. 😀

We've all been brought up to "respect" authority... but the older I get the more meaningless I realise this is. We need to respect ourselves first!

You have a right to be called by your correct name by your employer, so insist on it each and every time. He's soon get it right!
"Its Georgia, but you can refer to me as 'Oi You' if you like." ( a bit sarky perhaps but then I think it could also be said in a jokey way)

I sort of get it, my boss consistently gets a colleagues name wrong (as in, he has been told it dozens of times but still calls her e.g. Delia instead of Deborah) - it is very cringeworthy to all, because not only does it show how little he knows/cares about his staff (which is embarrassing in him), but also because it looks like he is devaluing Deborah (which could sort of be embarrassing to Deborah) - especially because he knows other people's names and not hers. If the OP is feeling sensitive then I can understand that being called the wrong name can make it look like her boss thinks she's pretty shit and unimportant.

But OP I hope you've got that it's much more about him than you! Next time you just need to woman up and say "It's Georgia" EVERY TIME he says Georgina otherwise you'll be dealing with this for years. Bosses usually respect polite but assertive colleagues more than the sort of doormat who'll put up with being called anything, I reckon.

Good advice but never start a sentence with "sorry" at work unless you're apologising!

"John? Just to clarify, it's Georgia, not Georgina. Thanks'

People get my name wrong all the time and I don't feel embarrassed by it. Just let him know whether you're Georgina or Georgia. Yabu.

Same here. Wrong name my whole life due do a weird spelling

OP; Quick correction, don't take it to heart, smile and move on 💪🏻

Just wear a name badge next time so you can point to it every time he gets your name wrong

Someone called my manager, Dan, David about 15 times in a meeting the other day. He didn't catch it in time the first time and then it got funnier and funnier, not least because we were on Teams so his name was literally on screen.

Men do, sometimes, allow silly things to happen to them.

I did that once too and I felt mortified. I had worked with her for probably 4 months at the time and had called her by her correct name, Melinda, up until one day when I suddenly started calling her Melina. I knew it sounded wrong, but I convinced myself it must be right. After half a day she finally corrected me. I didn’t do it because I didn’t respect her or found her forgettable, my brain just malfunctioned temporarily.

Embarrassed?

I have answered to many names over the years 😂🤣

Humiliated is a bit dramatic OP.

Just correct him next time, or send him email saying - just to clear it up for next time Simon, my name’s Emma not Emily.

And next time speak up - all you have to say it’s it’s Anna not Annabel when someone gets it wrong

Why on earth would you be embarrassed? You know what your name is, your colleagues know what your name is. He's the pillock who got your name wrong.

My boss keeps mispronouncing my colleague's name incorrectly. She's known her for seven years. Trust me, it reflects badly on her.

My colleague kept doing this to 'Brenda' calling her 'Linda'. They do not usually work together and 'Linda' is another colleague who he doesn't see too often either. I told him this is 'Brenda' not 'Linda'. He said oh I'm so sorry I am bad with names. End of story.

Haven't we all forgotten someone's name? It's unlikely he did it on purpose or to be unkind. Unbelievable that you didn't just correct him the first time he said it really. It reflects badly on him that he got it wrong but everyone will be wondering why you didn't speak up.

Toss pot men do this all the time. I don't think they generally mean offence. They're just arrogant and stupid. (disclaimer: this doesn't apply to all men, just the tosspot ones).