Does Anyone have their names constantly mispronounced?? Sia

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  • Yolanda_85
    Yolanda_85 Posts: 143 Member
    My name is Yvonne. Pronounced Y-uh-vah n. People mispronounce right after I introduce myself...EE-vahn, Uh-vahn. Oh yeah then some just call me Yolanda, really?

    LOL! That's too funny! My name is Yolanda and I've been called Yvonne (only they pronounce it EE-vahn).

    When I introduce myself, people always repeat my name, some pronounce it the way I've just said it, others pronounce it Yo-Lon-Da, if they have trouble with it, I just smile and tell them my friends just call me 'Yo'.
  • crobinson0923
    crobinson0923 Posts: 57
    My name is Casey, and people are constantly calling me Cassie.

    Even worse, very few people seem to be able to spell my name. Invariably, when I go to Starbucks, the name on my cup will be spelled "Kacie" or "Kacey" or even "Kayci." I mean, really?


    I have the opposite... my name is Cassie and Im called Casey 90% of the time... to me it seems like a no brainer
  • Ashley_Panda
    Ashley_Panda Posts: 1,404 Member
    My first name is Ashley but I've been called Amanda and even Agnus. My maiden name was Hussey, yes like the insult. But everyone was afraid to say it so I got Who-say and even Husky alot which is not cool to a fat girl. Worst last name ever. However when you're walking down the hallway and someone says "Hey Hussey!" And you turn around and so do four other girls who are clearly offended, it makes life a little funnier.
  • hrcowman
    hrcowman Posts: 73 Member
    My last name is Cowman as in the animal COW, but people always pronounce it as Coe-men instead. I've also had it pronounced as Coleman, and when people spell it they think it starts out with C-A-L. I'm like NO! It's spelled C-O-W, just like the animal!!
  • shesapear
    shesapear Posts: 77 Member
    My last name is Barker but I constantly call Mrs. Baker...
  • dilleight
    dilleight Posts: 50
    I have an Irish name so it isn't phonetic in the English language. There are also a few variants on the spelling so I don't mind if people can't pronounce it but it gets a bit much when I spell my name out and they say "are you sure?!!"
  • nerdyandilikeit
    nerdyandilikeit Posts: 2,185 Member
    My last name is Endicott as in Endicott New York. (End i cott) Most say Edicut or Edicate... First name is Roni pronounced Ronnie most call me Roni as in macaroni or rice-a-roni. Go back to basic phonics people!!!

    Hooked on phonics worked for no one apparently! :laugh:

    There's also a lot of people in this thread surprised at the things people say their names are, when basic phonics would tell me the same things. Not what they say their names actually are.

    It's one thing to accept that your name can be confused with another word, but entirely another to not recognize that your name looks like another word at first reading.

    My name is phonetically simple, but I've had it botched my whole life. I can't keep track of all the nicknames have come from Bronwen over the years.
  • Zombella
    Zombella Posts: 491 Member
    My first name is Johanna but it has a silent H so people usually say Jo-hanna or even Joann (I guess they forget there is an a at the end?). It is always misspelled as well. It is correctly pronounced Jo-anna.
  • lalavogl
    lalavogl Posts: 13
    YES! They call me Larry...my name is LaRee, which is pronounced La Ree.....Do I look like a Larry people, REALLY!!! lol
  • LadyGhostDuchess
    LadyGhostDuchess Posts: 894 Member
    Alyssa Renae
    Uh-Lis-Uh
    Reh-nay
  • swinklet
    swinklet Posts: 1
    Frequently. It's Kasia & mispronounced as Kasya while it should be Kashee-a. It does not bother me at all. Frankly, I'm starting to like it! :) Another version I hear quite often is Kas. Loving it!

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  • LolasEpicJourney
    LolasEpicJourney Posts: 1,010 Member
    how many ways can you mess up "laura"
    1. lori
    2. lauren
    3. EMILY ? WTF???
    I think someone called me michelle before also.
  • nerdyandilikeit
    nerdyandilikeit Posts: 2,185 Member
    My name is Carolyn. Rhymes with Marilyn, as in, Monroe. Pronounced CAR-oh-lin. People always Cal me CAR-oh-line. Caroline. I just don't respond.

    My grandma's name was Coralyn. Her nurses in the nursing home always called her Carolyn and it irked me. She's named after my great grandma Cora.
  • tgh1914
    tgh1914 Posts: 1,036 Member
    I've tried to tell people my name is properly pronounced Keeng-Uv-Aw-Sem-Nis, but nobody gets it right, not even my parents.
  • siabevis
    siabevis Posts: 811
    lol these are cracking me up... lets bring back hooked on phonics!!! - sia bevis
  • SixCatFaerie
    SixCatFaerie Posts: 690 Member
    My name is Pepper as in Salt & Pepper. I get "Piper" a lot or else they just say "Excuse me?" as though I said a cuss word or something...


    My neighbors name is Rebecca yet people always call her Jessica! ( I did too at first! Hahahaha!)
  • NotAllWhoWanderAreLost
    NotAllWhoWanderAreLost Posts: 615 Member
    yep, my married name has a French 'ch' in the middle of it (think: michelle, machine, cliche, parachute, crochet, chef...). My husband is Lebanese and when registering the family name, the arabic script is transliterated into Latin alphabet letters and seeing how the official languages of Lebanon are Arabic and French, the French ear would transliterate (what we think of as the 'sh' sound) into 'ch' ... The same name has been transliterated in other, formerly-English colonies, with 'sh' resulting in multiple spellings of the same name haha.... we usually get a hard "CH" pronunciation but sometimes they pronounce it "k" .. ulgh... whats worse is my husband's name gets mispronounced all the time too (though it's a really simple name!)

    Everyone tagged a 's' onto the end of my maiden name, so i am used to it, i guess lol
  • surfrgrl1
    surfrgrl1 Posts: 1,464 Member
    My name is Yvonne..... pronounced Yuh Von

    I've been called:

    Why Von
    Avon
    Eeevon
    and
    LaVon (by my grandpa of all people)

    I answer to them all. :wink:
  • Umpire57
    Umpire57 Posts: 389 Member
    Being a sports official, I won't get into all the names I have been called! :-)

    umpire's got rabbit ears! LOL

    Don't take rabbit ears to hear it most of the time :)
  • adjones5
    adjones5 Posts: 938 Member
    I am shocked whenever my name gets pronounced correctly. Its not that hard. Adrienne.
  • Kassielin13
    Kassielin13 Posts: 263
    My name is Casey, and people are constantly calling me Cassie.

    Even worse, very few people seem to be able to spell my name. Invariably, when I go to Starbucks, the name on my cup will be spelled "Kacie" or "Kacey" or even "Kayci." I mean, really?

    I have the complete opposite problem as you! Although both names are cute, it is so aggravating to be called something else. It is something that really makes me roll my eyes. There is an older lady at work, that I have worked with for 3 years, and for some reason she just refuses to call me Kassie. It is always Casey to her.
  • janet_pratt
    janet_pratt Posts: 747 Member
    My name is JEANETTE people constantly call me JANET sometimes even Jenelle

    Mine is Janet and they call me Jeannette. And i recently changed my screen name, adding the hyphen because when it was janetpratt, everyone kept calling me Jane!
  • pinkpostittwirling
    pinkpostittwirling Posts: 27
    My name is Leslie but people often times pronounce it LeZlie which I can't stand. I say no, it's Leslie with a soft s.

    :)

    PS - very random discussion but I like it. :)
  • 81Kyra
    81Kyra Posts: 115
    My name is Kyra it's pronounced Keer-a people say and spell it wrong all the time but I'm used to it.
  • rzavesky
    rzavesky Posts: 8 Member
    All my life I've been called Rachel or Raquel, but my name is Rachele like (RA SHELL)...If somone says Rachel or Raquel I usually respond.
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  • Laureen74
    Laureen74 Posts: 37 Member
    It's Laureen, like Maureen. But they pronounce it Lorraine or Lauren.
  • Tink_89
    Tink_89 Posts: 23
    My surname is always pronounced wrong. Unless people are Welsh anyway!
  • cobracars
    cobracars Posts: 949 Member
    This thread should be required reading for any parent about to name their child something "fun" "unique" or "unusual"

    What's the fun of going thru life having to constantly tell people your name is Syphillis but not pronounced like the venereal disease, oh no, its pronounced Si - FI - liss. And your sister Gonorrhea is really Gon - Or - ia
  • CandeesLand
    CandeesLand Posts: 200
    McMahon. Mc, as in McDonalds and Mahon (MAN). It's not phonetic, however, have this many people not heard of Ed McMahon? Mostly when people try we get Mc-May-Hone or Mc-Ma-Hone, which I gladly accept. Sometimes though, we get, Mc-Cone, May-Hay-Hone or Mc-Mi-Cone (for those who don't do well with reading) The majority of people say Mrs... errrrrr..... and then say my first name which is not Can-Dance for the record.
  • ivansmomma
    ivansmomma Posts: 500
    My name is Casey, and people are constantly calling me Cassie.

    Even worse, very few people seem to be able to spell my name. Invariably, when I go to Starbucks, the name on my cup will be spelled "Kacie" or "Kacey" or even "Kayci." I mean, really?

    I have the opposite problem. My name is Kris, but almost everyone spells it with a "C". My two brothers and I all have "K" names, as do my brother's children and their children.
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