do people get your dcs name wrong...

[burgatroyd]

Just that really...
Perhaps you called Dd Emmeline and everyone calls her Emily
Or DS is Josh, just Josh and people insist on calling him Joshua.
With so many preferred variations, shortenings, alternative spellings, being used I wonder if this is a common issue.
Or do you have a misinterpreted name and if so do you wish you was called something simple and straightforward like Jane.

Yes, everyone on DH's grandparents friends call my son Rory when we visit them in London. We are from Scotland and Ruaridh is said Rooree. This does not compute no matter how many times we tell them.

Yup!! DD1 is Macy, but has started to accept that people will always repeat Maisey back to her, regardless of how much she tries to correct them!! (She's 3.5 so can't possibly know her own name...!!)

So instead of roar it's roo?

I didn't know that.

notquite have you stopped correcting people?

Yes. She's Alexa but people call her Alexia or Alexis.

Yep.

"What's his name?"

(Dd wearing something blue)

"Lara"

"Laura - lovely"

Yes, indeed it is. Now burgatroyd where are you? I'm taking you to London to help explain this next time we go

Most people know DD is "just" Meg, however I work with a woman who cnstantly calls her Megan. It used to annoy me but meh....when she has a kid Ill just call it the wrong name

We get this all the time. DS is Callan but he gets called Callum.
Lally I love the name Ruaridh! ( and I'd never mispronounce it!)

Yes Dc gets called Clara or Tara by a couple of mums on the babygroup circuit :( It is neither.

Yes dd is katya. we get kat-ee-ah all the time when it's just two syllables: kat-ya. It's a five letter name for goodness sake!

lally London funnily enough!

Yes, one of my colleagues does it every single time. I wouldn't mind so much but we have worked together for 7 years and our DCs are in the same class at school FFS. It really, really pisses me off, not least because it's one of the top 5 names.

Not pronunciation but spelling - there are 3 ways to spell DD's name and even people I talk with often by text / email (so they see it written all the time) spell it wrong. It doesn't bother me, people have been spelling my name wrong my whole life.

Yes, dd1 has an 'ann' sound in both her full name and nn but many people say 'arn', stopped correcting a while ago, those that matter know her name!

Yes, dd2 is called Bronwen and everyone, including my sister, call her BronWIN. It's got to the point where I feel that I'm being unreasonable to correct them so I call her Bronny instead.

DH's American friends and family insist my Graham is Gram. Gram? That is what I call my grandmother. How do you get one syllable out of 'aha'? Second vowel after a consonant makes the first vowel long. Phonics, anyone? Grey-am or Grey-um. Now I have them call him Grey because I can't stand them calling my little boy what I call my Gram.

My DD2 is also called Alexa but gets called Alexis, Lexie, Alexia etc

She's very good at correcting them

Your first example ;-) I've even said Emmeline in a text and she's replied back asking after Emily…

My Rory is Rooree to his Irish and Scottish relatives, Rory to his English ones. That's fine, he's happy with both. Róisín is Rosheen to her Northern Irish relatives, Roe-sheen to her Irish ones and bloody RuhSHEEN to many English people. Fgs.
Well that's outed me then! (Scottish/Scouse cross me!)

DD is Cassie - constantly being called Casey

DH has a name similar to your Josh example (but not Josh), he's just the nn, not the full name, and is constantly asked "is that (e.g) Joshua?" When we moved in together and I went to register us for council tax, I explained to the woman, watched her write Josh on the form, and a few days later received the letter addressed to Mr Joshua X.

Conversely, DS has a name where the nickname on its own is very popular, not so much the full name- think Alfred instead of Alfie. Obviously, when registering him for anything 'official,' we use his full name, but the library, health visitors, and even GP surgery have all later updated their own records to call him Alfie! Grrrr!

Teeny just be thankful you didn't call her Kirsty. My Scottish BIL says is beautifully (sort of Kuhstie) - my Scouse rellies pronounce it Kerrrrrsteeee

Some of my relatives and my NDN insist on calling my DD Joanne when her name is Joanna. Drives me potty. She is almost universally known as Jo now. She is an adult now so is quite capable of correcting people.

DS is called Eli. Visit to get vaccines at 4 weeks old...

Nurse: now is this a boy or a girl?
Me: boy
Nurse (looking at form with his name on it): so is he called Eli or Ellie?
Me:

Yes!! DD Sophia had better get used to being called Sophie. Even my Mum calls her Sophie