To be annoyed to see my (foreign) name misspelt in work email?

[Startingagainandagain]

We are working with an external agency on a project.

I am originally from an EU country and I have a first name of Latin origin, but frankly not that difficult to spell correctly.

The agency lead sent me an email, with several of my team members copied in, where they misspelt my name, anglicized it and turned it into a male name in the process...

I have spoken to the agency contact on Teams and emailed them several time so they know full well I am a woman. My name is on my email signature so there is no reason not to spell it correctly.

AIBU to think this is rather unprofessional and to feel annoyed that someone could not double-check they had spelt a foreign name correctly in a work context?

Should I point this out to them or let it slide?

Let it slide.

It's rude but it happens all the time. I get alternative versions of my name on a weekly basis, even from close colleagues

I have an English name, and people spell my name wrong at work too.

There are so many variations of names out there.

I would just politely let them know, if I were you.

They will want to get it right next time.

I would correct them in my reply, but wouldn’t reply solely to correct them.

No, YANBU. It's you and your name, your identity. I long ago gave up complaining much about the mis-spelling and mispronunciation of my name. I'll correct people a couple of times, then give up.

I do make sure to correct it, if mis-spelled in something addressed to me.

My director just wrote a 'Goodbye and good luck' type email to a manager who was moving within the organization... and mispelled the guy's name. I think in that case autocorrect had done the dirty on them.

I know someone who has had "Melanie" mispelled as "Meanie" in several emails.

I have had similar and pointed it out to the chap who apologised and said it was his autocorrect- which I guessed actually. I’d always assume error rather than intentional though.

Thanks everyone!

I don't want to overreact, so I will drop them an email and point out the correct spelling without copying anyone else.

Oh yeah it can often be autocorrect, not the person's fault too.

Both me and DP have names that have different spellings. It makes me smile when we get a Christmas card each year from my Aunt with both names spelled wrong.

I have a Cypriot surname. even though I spell it out still get a Rusdian version of it sometimes. Give up. not worth the hassle

I have a very common name that nonetheless has a few different possible spellings (like Ana / Anna for example). People get it wrong all the time. Couldn’t care less. Life’s too short to manufacture issues where there are none.

Happens all the time to me and I have an English name. After 52 years you just have to suck it up.

I've been called a man's name before too!

YANBU to be irritated, but it's 99.99% likely to be autocorrect.

This happens to me fairly frequently, and while I do think pronouncing and spelling my name correctly is important, mostly I just let it go because stuff happens. I'm ultra careful due to being very aware of how jarring it is to see your name spelled wrong, but I've been guilty of the odd Tracey/Tracy error or not spotting an autocorrect when I'm dashing something off quickly.

Now i think of it, we just had someone visit our office pretty recently.

They introduced me to her, then she called me Megan later on, which is nothing at all like my name.

My name doesn't even start with M.

I did correct her and I laughed about it, and so did she.

Some people have a bad memory with names too.

I repeatedly address emails to my colleague 'Lousie' rather than 'Louise', have to correct it 90% of the time. It's probably a mistake

If it's been changed to a more common male name then I would assume autocorrect has come for them tbh.

Happens to me all the time - like you, I have a foreign name but one that should be easy enough for English language speakers. I don't even correct people unless it's going to be printed/displayed somewhere, going out to a client, or similar. I figure it makes them look bad, not me!

Possibly autocorrect?

I regularly write Satan for Santa. And penison for pension.

There are some very funny work related autocorrect fails online.

I think one was "kind retards" instead of "kind regards"

DD once had to email her colleagues asking them how many shifts they had done that week. She didn't spell 'shifts' quite right.
😂

Ouch!

yes, this is what I would do. It is 100% okay to insist that your name be spelled correctly. the first time however, it is okay to do it politely and privately. If i tcontinues, you might need to escalate.