Do you have a name that is often mispronounced?

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...And does it annoy you? Or do people frequently mispronounce your DC's name?

I really like the name Louis for a boy. But I am wondering if we, and then him, are going to spend the rest of his life having to correct people when they pronounce his name with an 's' on the end... Are we condemning our future DS to a life of being irritated every time someone says his name wrong?

Mine is pronounced wrong constantly. I don't mind at all as it's Welsh and therefore expected. What DOES piss me off though is that my own mother pronounces it wrong. I think it's because my Dad picked my name and they split.

We gave DD a celtic name 'Ula' but it's said 'OOla' - we preferred it that way and it turns out that's how it's said in Polish.

I'm an Abigail but get that changed to any other spelling of Abi rather than the one I use.

My surname, while unusual as a surname, is four letters long and is a real word in English. I have never, ever NOT had to spell it out. In fact I now automatically say "it's [name]-that's-letter-letter-letter-letter" without thinking about it.

I know two people with unusual names (one Irish) who are frequently asked to spell their names over the phone. They have had so many problems that they now spell their own name phonetically and incorrectly to people simply so that they won't have to go through the rigmarole of people double-checking, asking them to repeat etc!

People would always mispronounce/ misspell my maiden name which never really bothered me. What do bother me was people assuming to call me by a nickname. It would go along the lines of (not the actual name but same thing)
"what's your name?"
"Jen"
"oh... Jenny?"
"no, Jen."
If my name was Jenny, I would have said Jenny!

I think there are lots of names that will be mispronounced, misspelled or just altered, even common ones. If you like the name then use it.

I believe my name is the same as SecretNutellaFix. I quite agree that the final A is missed off ALL the time.
Personally, I like unusual names.

My children have quite ordinary names, spelt quite ordinarially(sic).

I like them

Could't really give a flying fuck, who cares otherwise?

I'm a Jen/Jennifer and I get Jane , Jenny, Jenna and once, more worryingly, John.

The thing I dislike the most is when Jennifer gets pronounced Jenny-fer, I think it may be a dialect thing though.

I have an unsual name which is constantly mispronounced. TBH I barely notice it now. Although the most striking one was when a woman I worked with for a year called me by a completely different name, think Lucy instead of Mary kind of wrong. When I realised, I didn't have the heart to correct her (it was after about three months) so just answered to Lucy instead. Confused the hell out of my other colleagues who wondered who on earth this lucy was that was doing bits and bobs and then running off.

Not my name but dd2 is called Elana which commonly gets mispronounced as Alana.

Yes. My name was frequently mispronounced as Dorito (brand of crisps) in the States

Yes. People really quite often end up adding a H onto the start of my name, sometimes stubbornly continuing even after I've corrected them. Grrr!

My name wasn't that common growing up, but was in the top 10 about 10 years ago so there are a lot of us knocking around these days!

People are stupid.

A good friend of mine still calls my DD Eve instead of Evie even after constant correction. Maybe she just prefers the name?

Even my DH wrote the wrong middle name for DD2 on our tax form a few weeks ago. He wrote Isobel. Her name is Isabella.

My name is a man's name in many country (Spanish-speaking countries, Portugal, Brazil...) and I used to work for an international company and was often referred at Mr. So when I would answer the phone people would assume that I was Mr. J's Secretary.... Oh well

My name is frequently mispronounced. At this point, I don't care, can't be bothered to correct people constantly and answer to anything. :(

With the shortening thing, I quite like it. There is an element of endearment to it. I especially like it from people who I have just met as it's like an endorsement of you as someone they intend to get to know (iykwim).

abbypumpkin That must grate after a while but people tend to try to associate new things with something they have heard before don't they? I guess most people who call themselves Jen are called Jenny but I would always use the name the person gave me.

Our surname is similar to a well used word and when asked to spell it on the phone I do, then 9 times out of 10 the person will say "Oh, you mean [popular word] "

Myname is spelt the way you say it, and still occasionally mispronounced. Doesn't really bother me too much though, because when others try and add an extra r/y/l to my name I can snootily point out it's not there.

A bit of trivia for you: I'm from the same place as One Direction's Louis Tomlinson, and he seems to be known as 'Lewis' back home! I can only assume he was inspired by Louis Walsh whilst on the X Factor! (Alternatively, it could just be the standard pronunciation of 'Louis'. YANBU, OP. )

Only by non uk nationals (such as foreign dr's etc)

DS is Gabriel and often that gets pronounced as Gabrielle

and DD is Georgia but often gets George-ee-ah (which only annoyes her, i love it, especially when on holiday in Grece ha ha)

I find people have problems pronouncing all sorts of names which are normal enough so I wouldn't use it as an excuse not to use a name if I love it.

I have a really boring common name. It doesn't get mispronounced. But there always seem to be at least three others with the same name in my peer group (at school, at uni, almost everywhere I've worked) and I find that really annoying. I always wished I'd been given an unusual name instead!

My name is Cheryl pronounced sheryl, I totally understand some people getting it wrong first time as it can be pronounced either way but there are at least 3 people who I have worked with at different points in my life for 2 years plus who, no matter how many times they were told or corrected, would still pronounce it wrong.

metrognome: Yes, and it drives me mad. I have a name that has 3 different pronounciations, and unfortuantely mine is the least common pronounciation, the Irish way.

Is your name Helena? I always pronounce it the Irish way Hu-lee-nah. But everyone I meet with this name outside of Ireland is Helen-a or Hu-lay-na.

I like the Irish pronunciation best

My name is Kay and I've lost count of the number of times I've been called Faye over the years.

We recently recieved a postcard, "To DP and Faye"...it was from my OH's Father and we've been together over 6 years now.

Yes - some of my name is forrin but it's the English bit that always gets mispronounced and written wrongly. I'm starting to think it's me.

Frequently have conversations like this (different name but same idea):

Idiot: "What's your name?"
Me: "Elephants Cookson-that's-C-for-cat"
Idiot: "Elephants Bookson, great"
Me: "COOKSON beginning with a C, you know, like C-for-cat or clown or c*nt cloud"
Idiot: "Oh COOKSON. Well why didn't you say so?"
Me:

Only my surname. It is not weird, odd or foreign. This a Scottish version of Smith or Brown. It is mostly misspelled too - its spelled exactly as you say it!. And I am talking both north and south of the border! DS has suggested I change - it to stop me moaning probably.

My first name is easy though - there are foreign versions of it and I love the way French and Italians pronounce it!

Mispronounced and misspelled pretty much always.

Yes it does get a bit wearing, but I'm not too bothered about it now that I'm an adult.

I correct mistakes if it's someone I'm likely to see again, or they're likely to be saying my name more than once. If it's a one off then I don't bother.

Ds has a very easy to spell and pronounce name, and it's not a coincidence