Okay so basically I just wanted to give you guys some food for thought and get other opinions on it. My name, like quite a few other people’s, is [name_f]Sophia[/name_f]. Now, one might assume that being named [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] is just as easy, if not easier, that having a different name, in part because it’s so popular. But every teacher I’ve had, except for about three or four, as well as about half or two thirds of the people I’ve met, have called me “[name_f]Sophie[/name_f]”. Usually, I’m a fan of cute, “-ie” names, but this has turned me off of the nickname or name of [name_f]Sophie[/name_f]. You wouldnt think the name “[name_f]Sophia[/name_f]” is so hard to remember because of its popularity, but people never fail to call me [name_f]Sophie[/name_f] and it just gets irritating because it isn’t my name. Another thing about it is the fact that in public, especially in crowded places like [name_m]New[/name_m] [name_m]York[/name_m] City, there are bound to be a lot of other Sophias and I am constantly hearing my name and am not sure if someone is trying to talk to me or not. And dont get me started on the fact that almost everyone spells my name [name_f]Sofia[/name_f] when theyre writing it down- they dont even bother to ask me to double check that’s the way it’s spelled. Kids I’ve known since the third grade have done this!
Does anyone else, whether or not you’re named “[name_f]Sophia[/name_f]” have or have ever had, an experience like this? Does anyone have any opinions on the matter.
I didn’t know a lot of female [name_f]Erin[/name_f]'s growing up, but I knew several male [name_m]Aaron[/name_m]'s. When I was in school I heard my name a lot, but it was usually one of the male [name_m]Aaron[/name_m]'s was being called. Also, not many spelled my name right. People always wanted to spell my name the boy’s way and sometimes people didn’t even spell that the right way!
These are the different ways people spelled my name:
This is interesting! Over here you’d be fine as there’s a distinct sound difference between [name_f]Erin[/name_f] and [name_m]Aaron[/name_m]. ‘eh-rin’ and ‘a-run’ (a like cat).
I’ve run into the same problems as [name_f]Erin[/name_f] posted above. There aren’t too many female [name_m]Tonis[/name_m] out there, but there is an abundance of male Tonys. People assume my name is spelled [name_u]Tony[/name_u] and when I hear “[name_f]Toni[/name_f]/y!” called out in a crowd, they’re often calling for some guy with the same name.
And I’m convinced people are lazy and will shorten just about every name. If I had a dollar for every time I got called “Tone”, I’d be rich.
I’m a [name_f]Jessica[/name_f] and yes, I get [name_u]Jess[/name_u] a lot. I don’t look at it as “that’s not my name”, but rather as a nickname for my name. I’m not sure that people are forgetting your name is [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] and thinking it’s [name_f]Sophie[/name_f], but rather they are purposely shortening it. At least some or many I’d hope. Personally I don’t really care about being called [name_u]Jess[/name_u] (but do hate when I get a nickname that’s more “out there” for [name_f]Jessica[/name_f] and not as natural as “[name_u]Jess[/name_u]” without me asking for the nn). I just know that I’d rather call my friends [name_f]Alexandria[/name_f], [name_f]Katherine[/name_f] and [name_f]Rebecca[/name_f] “[name_u]Ali[/name_u], [name_f]Kate[/name_f] and [name_f]Becca[/name_f]” for convenience purposes, so I don’t mind it with me. Of course, I would never call someone a nn that they don’t like when they have a preference. We have a professor that calls [name_u]Ali[/name_u], “[name_u]Alex[/name_u]” and she cant’ stand it.
I also hear “[name_f]Jessica[/name_f]” called out when it is not intended for me - you get used to it. I lived in a dorm freshman year with three [name_f]Jessica[/name_f]'s on one floor (a fluke, as there were only three [name_f]Jessica[/name_f]'s in the building). In the beginning it was confusing, but you learn voices, get your own “random” nicknames, etc. In public I rarely turn anymore, as usually the only people who would be getting my attention are next to me (or only a little bit away, which is where the learning voices aspect comes in).
Using nicknames can be a way of establishing familiarity. It could be that some of the people who call you ‘[name_f]Sophie[/name_f]’ just want to feel closer to you or get to know you better. You’re absolutely justified in correcting them, but you shouldn’t assume they’re being careless or have negative intentions toward you.
My name is [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], and even though it became more and more popular as I grew up almost everyone would call me [name_m]Oliver[/name_m] “[name_u]Ollie[/name_u].” And I suppose because of this I absolutely dislike the names [name_m]Oliver[/name_m] and [name_u]Ollie[/name_u]. Most of the time now people get my name right but I still get called [name_m]Oliver[/name_m] from time to time.
My name is Tiyana (ti-yana; similar to [name_f]Tiana[/name_f]). I’ve had people call me [name_f]Tatiana[/name_f]/[name_f]Tatiyana[/name_f] (which is ok because they can be easily corrected), teachers call me Ms. (my LN) or Ms.T (when they don’t even try to get my name right), TiTi (which IS NOT my NN), or [name_f]Kiyana[/name_f]/[name_f]Kiana[/name_f]. A lot of people leave out the “y” in my name and that is annoying too. Of course eveyone misspells it, BUT i don’t mind that! Sometimes people butcher it terribly (tiayana, tiyanna, teyahna). The biggest peeve of mine is -ana makes (ah na) and anna makes (ann-ah), it’s like people don’t understand the simplest things. Overall I [name_f]LOVE[/name_f] my name, spelling and ALL!
Haha, I’ve had the opposite experience to you. I’m a [name_f]Sophie[/name_f] and it annoys me no end when people call me [name_f]Sophia[/name_f]. I don’t get it a lot, as [name_f]Sophie[/name_f] is the more common variant in the UK and has been for a number of years, but it’s like, can’t you read? We’re not in Germany, we don’t pronounce our 'e’s (I knew a [name_m]German[/name_m] [name_f]Christine[/name_f] whose name was said like [name_f]Christina[/name_f], and apparently it’s a thing over there to do that) - and you wouldn’t believe the spelling attempts at my name I’ve had too. [name_f]Sophy[/name_f], [name_f]Sofie[/name_f], Sohpie (typo, I’d imagine) [name_f]Sophi[/name_f] - it’s a top ten name with only one common spelling, come on.
That said, I love my name and I wouldn’t change it, despite the popularity and having to look round when I hear my name called in a supermarket to see it’s a mum calling a three year old or whatever can get annoying.
It’s the same here in Australia. My cousins name is [name_f]Erin[/name_f] and it’s pronouced ‘eh-rin’, I have met a few other Erins and they pronounce it this way too. I would never have thought [name_f]Erin[/name_f] and [name_m]Aaron[/name_m] would be confused. Very intresting.
To the pp in [name_f]Canada[/name_f]/US [name_m]Aaron[/name_m] and [name_f]Erin[/name_f] are almost identical. The only thing that separates the two is the IN of [name_f]Erin[/name_f] is slightly more pronounced, and the beginnings are identical despite the ER vs AAR. (This is at least where I am from in [name_f]Canada[/name_f]. When I put on my “fake UK accent” and attempt to say them both they are different sounding. You guys pronounce your vowels a little more distinctive!)
My name is [name_f]Sarah[/name_f], and while it’s common, I don’t have many complaints.
People sometimes spell it [name_f]Sara[/name_f], but other than that no issues.
I do have a double barrelled name though and I used to have troubles with people understanding the second name and being able to spell it.
My name is [name_u]Kacy[/name_u]. I love my name but hate how no one ever pays attention to the spelling. I agree with you that sometimes people just don’t care. I know its different, but once you know that K-A-C-Y is my name, it should stay that way. It took my in-laws years to spell it right. Sometimes they still mess it up. Seriously?
In third grade, my teacher told me I was “writing my name wrong”, and she would “correct” it on papers for me!!! “[name_u]Casey[/name_u]” Who does that!
When anyone asks for my name, I don’t even say it, I just start spelling it, because as soon as the word [name_u]Kacy[/name_u] comes out of my mouth, people immediately begin writing a C and then its all scribbled out and whatnot. I can’t even just say “With a K” because then its [name_u]Kacey[/name_u] or [name_u]Kasey[/name_u] or [name_f]Kaci[/name_f] or [name_f]Kaycee[/name_f]. I have to spell it out, and even then people write it incorrectly. Some people can’t even pronounce it and say [name_f]Cassy[/name_f].
I get the gamut of [name_u]Kacy[/name_u] variations. And its fine for strangers, there are quite a few ways to spell it and mine is a minority, but honestly, this day and age when we have spellings so bizarre, people need to be aware of what your actual name is. I do love my name and wouldn’t change it for the world, but for my children, a name with only one spelling is a must!
My name, [name_f]Rachel[/name_f], was really common when I was born (90’s) however in school so many people spelled my name with an extra a, like [name_f]Rachael[/name_f]. It was so annoying seeing as [name_f]Rachel[/name_f] is the original and more common spelling. Yet I still got things with my name spelt wrong all the time.
I have a common name spelt the most common way ([name_f]Sarah[/name_f]) but I’ve had people spelt my name as [name_f]Sara[/name_f] and it’s also been mistaken for [name_f]Zara[/name_f].
I took my son out for a walk in the park a few days ago and it was pretty busy as the weather has been decent, and as he’s only a week old people were asking me about him, and out of the people that asked me his name (about 6 people?) 3 of them thought he was called [name_m]Edward[/name_m], rather than [name_m]Edwin[/name_m].
I’m a [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f], and I’ve had similar things. Either they just say [name_f]Mary[/name_f] (which is a sweet name that I like, but it’s not my full name) or they call me [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f], [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_u]Jo[/name_u], [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Beth[/name_f], [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Ellen[/name_f], [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Anne[/name_f], or [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Agnes[/name_f]. When I was a freshman in high school at band camp, they listed me as [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Anne[/name_f] on everything! There was a [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Anne[/name_f] in color guard who was the year ahead of me, but that didn’t mean my name was [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Anne[/name_f], too! Thankfully, nothing on that scale has happened since, and I really do love my name, despite all of the corrections. People who get it right tend to like it.
My name is Bjørt - I live in Faroe Islands, so yeah my name is probably way out there on nameberry x)
The thing is there’s two other names, Bjørg and Bjørk - I’ve often been called those names, most commonly Bjørk, since you can often mishear the ending, unlike Bjørg, which ends in a hard ‘g’, but it’s super annoying, that I have to correct them, but bah. The pronunciations is almost alike, all three names. And those two are much more common than my own, although I’ve noticed that my name is starting to get more trendier - there’s more and more little girls who are named it.
My mother even told me she met a Danish girl named Bjørt - for no reasons. The parents just thought it was beautiful and it was a tree - my mother had to correct them and tell them that it was bjørk - it means birch on English
My name is [name_u]Addison[/name_u], middle name [name_f]Claire[/name_f], and up until this last year I went by [name_f]Addy[/name_f]-[name_f]Claire[/name_f]. I would introduce myself as “[name_f]Addy[/name_f]-[name_f]Claire[/name_f]” and they’d say “Oh, [name_m]Hi[/name_m], [name_f]Addy[/name_f]!” It was extremely irritating. And then you’d get the people who finally realize I go by both and and they say, “[name_f]Addy[/name_f]-[name_f]Claire[/name_f] is so long, can I just call you [name_f]Addy[/name_f]?”
That’s one of the reasons why I switched to being called [name_u]Addison[/name_u].
My name is [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] and, though I can’t really relate to unwanted nicknames, I’ve been surprised that some people don’t know how to spell such a common name.
When people ask my name in order to write it down, I’ll say, “[name_f]Sarah[/name_f], with an ‘h’.” I’ve had plenty of people write [name_f]Shara[/name_f], [name_f]Sahra[/name_f], and [name_f]Sarha[/name_f]. Really??
I find all this on the name [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] quite a surprise because I have a cousin, 9 years old, named [name_f]Sara[/name_f], no h on it and she is CONSTANTLY complaining about everyone adding an h to it that isn’t there as [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] is the way everyone spells it here, except my cousin’s mom apparently.
I don’t think anyone can win apparently. No matter how your named is spelled and what your name is there will always be people misspelling it.
My name is [name_f]Stephanie[/name_f], the most common way to spell it and was very popular when I was born, in 89 yet people still would spell it like [name_f]Stefany[/name_f], Steffany, [name_f]Stephany[/name_f]…
