My first name isn't that common here. It's not unheard of, it's just not incredibly common but I occasionally meet other women/girls with it. It doesn't have any obvious links to another county but I suppose some people might think it's exotic.
I work in social care, and I had a family member of a resident ask me my name. I told her my first name and she said 'oh that's nice and where are you from?"
I said "I'm local to here really, I'm from round here.'
She then said 'Yeah but where are you really from?"
I said again "I am from this area"
Because my first name is one that's possibly found in other countries, she's made some random assumption that I'm not from this country, even though I was speaking to her with a local accent.
A nurse attended and left a mess of rubbish, when I arrived she was just leaving, and she said to me "Can you clear all that please?"
She could've taken it with her on her way out, it would've taken her a second. I guess she thought because I'm 'just' a carer those sorts of jobs are below her pay scale and she can assign them to me. She was the one who made all the mess. Wish I'd said no really.
And once again, I've had people let me know I'm a roundabout way they think I'm old. A 22 year old colleague asked me my age, I said 32.
She erupted into "Omggg! Whatt?! I can't believe it!! You look young!!"
Well, that's because I am quite young. I guess some people think that you shrivel up the day you turn 30.
I'm also frequently told I 'look foreign' because I've got dark hair and eyes.
That's about it from me I think!