As a [name_f]Cora[/name_f], my name is pretty recognizable. However, I have got [name_f]Cara[/name_f], [name_u]Cory[/name_u], [name_f]Coral[/name_f], [name_f]Carol[/name_f], [name_f]Lora[/name_f], and [name_f]Keira[/name_f] before.
My name, [name_f]Kiera[/name_f], is constantly pronounced “Key-air-uh” instead of “keer-uh.” It’s very frustrated when you’ve known a teacher for four years and they still pronounce your name wrong.
Once my friend, [name_f]Caitlin[/name_f], ordered food at a Smashburger and the receipt said “Kayin.” WTF? It’s not like [name_f]Caitlin[/name_f] is an uncommon name.
I’m Mallori. I didn’t used to have a problem with my name mispronounced when I lived in the US, except for the occasional ma -LOR -ee, instead of [name_u]MAL[/name_u] -or-ee. I’ve since moved to NZ, and there have been some creative interpretations since then. [name_f]Marie[/name_f], [name_f]Natalie[/name_f], [name_u]Murray/name_u, [name_f]Marjorie[/name_f], [name_f]Mary[/name_f], Maori (as in the indigenous people of NZ), [name_f]Nellie[/name_f], [name_f]Nessie[/name_f], and the list goes on. I’ve gotten to the point where I say and then automatically spell my name when I meet someone new, lol.
The morning after I posted in this thread, I saw the guy at Einstein Bagels write my name down as “Dwen.” Because that’s totally a name.
You’d think [name_f]Danielle[/name_f] would be simple, especially since it was a very popular name when I was born. [name_m]Just[/name_m] dan-yell.
Nope, never easy.
People I’ve known all my life in a tiny town called me dan-EE-yell, which I hate, and my own sister says din-yell. Oi. Also, I had professors in college call me [name_m]Daniel[/name_m]. Yes, seriously. That’s when I started going by [name_f]Danni[/name_f]. Much easier, and people tended to remember [name_f]Danni[/name_f] because of the spelling.
My name is [name_f]Jasmine[/name_f] and people often call me [name_f]Jessica[/name_f]. It drives me crazy! [name_f]Jasmine[/name_f] and [name_f]Jessica[/name_f] aren’t even that similar really!
My sisters name is [name_f]Kristen[/name_f], she gets called [name_f]Kristy[/name_f], [name_f]Krystle[/name_f], [name_f]Kathryn[/name_f], [name_f]Kirsty[/name_f] etc. She’s given up telling people her name ober the ohone at work because they always get confussed.
I’m [name_f]Sophie[/name_f], and apart from occasionally getting called [name_f]Sophia[/name_f], it generally is not mispronounced. My last name however is another story! I’ve been called [name_u]Ray[/name_u], [name_f]Ree[/name_f] but never Reah! It’s not that hard, just imagine it’s an R not a H, lol! x
Oh I hate it when people call me joe-zee instead of joe-see. I also once had a receptionist at my old school that saw me at least twice a week because we had to tell her if we were going to a music lesson so she could write it down. Twice a week she asked for my name and wrote it down and then she started displaying our artwork and what did she write?-[name_f]Rosie[/name_f]!
My name is [name_u]Andrea[/name_u] but people always want to call me [name_f]Angela[/name_f] or [name_f]Adria[/name_f]. And they can butcher my simple last name even more.
My name, [name_u]Shelly[/name_u], sould be easy, but I get [name_f]Sherry[/name_f], [name_u]Kelly[/name_u], and [name_u]Shelby[/name_u] (especially this one), all the time. My mom also called me [name_u]Charlie[/name_u] once, but I’m not sure where that came from.
I’m [name_f]Kaleigh[/name_f] (kay-lee). I get [name_u]Kelly[/name_u], [name_f]Callie[/name_f], [name_f]Kaitlyn[/name_f], [name_u]Keely[/name_u], [name_u]Kiley[/name_u], [name_f]Kinley[/name_f], and so on and so forth.
Surprisingly, I’ve never gotten Kah-[name_u]Lee[/name_u] (like a border collie), which I find interesting as it’s spelled just like [name_u]Raleigh[/name_u], NC (or Sir [name_m]Walter[/name_m], if you prefer).
My name is Lakin ([name_m]LAY[/name_m]-kin or [name_u]LAKE[/name_u]-in) and I get called by the wrong name a lot! I tend to get [name_m]Lincoln[/name_m], and Lackin. My name gets mispelled a lot too, some being [name_u]Laken[/name_u], Lakyn, [name_u]Laiken[/name_u]! [name_m]Even[/name_m] if my name is rare it is fairly simple to remember and say but yet it still get butched.
I know a girl named [name_f]Gina[/name_f] who pronounces her name like [name_f]Jenna[/name_f], lol.
I am [name_f]Ana[/name_f] (prn Awn-uh), and of course I get the [name_f]Anna[/name_f] pronunciation all the time, but I’ve had people call me Ay-nuh (as in the letter A + nuh) on more than one occasion. Much more attrociously, I’ve had my full name read at the doctors office, and my middle name, [name_f]Lucille[/name_f], was pronounced LUH-sull. I thought it was common knowledge that [name_f]Lucille[/name_f] is said Loo-[name_m]SEAL[/name_m] (or something similar).
I work with an [name_f]Ana[/name_f]. Pretty much everyone calls her [name_f]Anna[/name_f] but on the rare occasion someone does call her by [name_f]Ana[/name_f] (ah-nah), she is just like “Oh my gosh! You got my name right!” haha.
my name is annakate and everyone shortens it to anna straight away, which i hate.
I’m the kind of person whose name gets mispronounced constantly. [name_f]Celia[/name_f]/[name_f]Zelia[/name_f] are far from common names in Denmark and for some reason they really mess with people’s minds (I have a theory that the Z makes it even more confusing, because come on now, it’s really not that hard). In Danish, my name is pronounced SEH-lee-uh and the most common mistake is people thinking that my name is misspelled and proceed to call me [name_f]Xenia[/name_f] (which is pronounced SEH-nee-uh in Danish, so not that weird). I’ve also been called [name_f]Zelda[/name_f], Senja, [name_f]Celina[/name_f] (awkward, that’s my sister’s name), [name_f]Elina[/name_f], [name_f]Ella[/name_f], Zeela/Sila (I don’t even know how to spell this one), [name_f]Ofelia[/name_f] etc. I’ve also had someone call me Sulajma … why? I don’t know why.
Oh lord, this brings back memories. My name is [name_f]Sarah[/name_f], pronounced well like [name_f]Sarah[/name_f]. I had a professor once ARGUE will me that it is pronounced “s-ARE-uh” because of the “h” on the end and refused to call me s-[name_f]AIR[/name_f]-uh.
[name_u]Juniper[/name_u] has been called [name_m]Jupiter[/name_m] and [name_f]Jennifer[/name_f] MANY times. [name_f]One[/name_f] person even insisted on repeatedly pronouncing it Junifer.
My name is [name_f]Lauren[/name_f]. I guess because of the way I say it- I don’t really stress the N- people often mishear it as [name_f]Laura[/name_f]. I haven’t gotten that many mispronunciations, it’s more like people forget what my name is! I’ve gotten [name_f]Laura[/name_f] a lot, and [name_f]Lorna[/name_f] once. Fine if they’ve only met me a few times, everyone forgets. I wasn’t too happy when a teacher I’d known for more than a year called me [name_f]Laura[/name_f].
And once my family had dinner with my dad’s friend and like five minutes after my dad introduced us, he called me [name_f]Laureen[/name_f]. (lore-een) I corrected him, then a bit later he called me [name_f]Lorraine[/name_f]. Corrected him again, then he called me [name_u]Lawrence[/name_u]. Um, last time I checked that’s a boy’s name. I gave up trying to correct him since I wouldn’t have to see him again.
I had a friend misspell it as [name_m]Lauran[/name_m] for, like, two years before she finally remembered. I’ve also gotten [name_f]Lauryn[/name_f]. Again, fine if you don’t know me well, but if you’ve known me for two years? Seriously?!
And I’ve tried the Starbucks test on my favourite name, [name_f]Azalea[/name_f], several times… No one can ever get it right. Once I spelled it out for the barista and STILL got Azala. It’s also been spelled Azlai. Sometimes they don’t even try and just call out what I ordered. I love [name_f]Azalea[/name_f] too much for that to stop me from wanting to name a future child that, but I seriously don’t understand how someone can get it wrong if I spell it out for them.
Wow, it’s a name of a flower that is quite common (the flower) in a lot of areas. People are just dimbos sometimes. I Starbucks tested both of my kids names and [name_u]Juniper[/name_u] mostly was said correctly (they are common in parts of [name_f]Arizona[/name_f] so anyone who doesn’t live in cave is somewhat familiar), but poor Pyrus. The worst was Papyrus and Papaya which I actually thought was funny.