Wrong Names??

OP, Maverick gets to call you Goose in return.

Bill, its not that hard, but I get called Phil a lot. My last name, its just butchered.

My name is Rose. Simple right? I get Ruth ALL the time!? Why? I couldn't say.

This was a FB topic yesterday. A friend of a friend named Siobhan said she's been addressed in e-mails as Soybean.

My first name is Amoreena. But I've gotten:

Anne Marie. Anna. Andarina (thanks grandpa). Amaretto. Amarillo (I'm apparently a city in Texas). Emereena. Emily.

Then there's the people who butcher it so horribly I can't even begin to understand what they are saying. If it's a telemarketer or something and it's so terrible I can't understand it, I usually just say 'she's not here'.

My last name, Schindler, doesn't help much either. However then I just have people asking to see my list so whatevs.

My name is Gigi, a guy that always used to call us would call me Stacey. After correcting him a few times, I just gave up

My real name is Krystalyn. My mom pronounces it like its krysta+lynn but people also say crystal+lynn. I HATE it. I hate the name krysta it makes me think of a dumb bimbo from an 80s movie and I hate Crystal just as much. People will look at my name written down and call me Crystal ALL the time. Like the last two letters of my name aren't there. I worked at this one place for over two years and my boss who saw me every day never got it right. I just hate the name, its too annoyingly girly.

A friend of mine in the 7th grade started calling me K C for my initials and I've been Kasey to friends ever since. When I get introduced to new people by anyone other than my parents (who insist on using my given name) I'm introduced as Kasey and many of the people that I know now know me as Kasey and don't know my legal name at all. I prefer Kasey greatly, I prefer its gender neutral nature and the easy spelling and pronunciation.

Having an odd name and being with someone with a very common name (my SO is Matthew) we were very careful when choosing names for our three children. We didn't want to use the most popular names (because its annoying when there are four other people with your name in class, as Matt learned) but we wanted to use what we considered to be real, solid names (unlike my name which is gibberish).

My name is Melinda and I get called Melanie, Melissa, Michelle, Linda, I even get called Rhonda sometimes. Not to mention, I've worked at my job for 7 years and my boss STILL calls me Melissa. :grumble: I don't even correct people anymore. If you want to believe my name is Melissa, then call me that. I don't even care.

I usually just go by "Mel" to make it easier.

My last name is a whole other ball of wax. No one in the entire world can pronounce it. So I usually go by my maiden name which is pretty easy.

My sons name is Shea. Sh - a. He gets She - a most of the time.

Some people also think he is a girl.

We have to say its like the Mets old stadium in NY...Shea Stadium a lot.

and here I thought I was doing him a favor "americanizing" his name from Xie - Xie (thank you in Chinese).....sigh.

I typically just tell people I'm "Lori" because "Lorina" gets butchered so bad. Pretty much I'll answer anything that begins with an L.

My neighbor still thinks my name is Lenore, but he has beer for breakfast, lunch and dinner, so I'm not going to waste my breath correcting him.

My mom has a similar problem. She's a Lori too. Her full name is Lorien. It was supposed to be Loreen but they messed up her birth certificate and her parents couldn't afford to get it fixed. People think its Lori-en or Lor-ryan.

My maiden name is Thull (pronounced Tool). Every single year on the first day my friends and I would all take beta on how many teachers would pronounce it wrong.

My name is Becky but for some reason people call me Betty or Beth....maybe I should start going by Rebecca. *sigh*

My boyfriend's last name is Dujsik (Doo-Sick). I can see the disconnect there...it through me for a loop for about the first week I knew him. He told some of my family members he used to tell people to call him M.C. Duce

I'm Janine. I like my name, but I have come to accept that I will always have to spell it out or say it twice. It is not a very widespread name (though getting more common) and there are TONS of different spellings. However, when I got married I went from being a Sommers (with an o) to a Harrison, and thought I'd have at least one name I wouldn't have to spell out. I was wrong, surprisingly people want to take out an "R" or add a second "S".

My name is Destiny. When I say it over the phone usually I get:
"Stephanie?"
"No, Destiny."
"Desiree?"
"No, Destiny."
"Tiffany?"
"DESTINY, as in fate."
"Oh, okay. How do you spell that?"

*facepalm*

Pretty hard to screw up Jen, but over the phone I've been called Jane and Jenna, and by one sweet little old lady, Ginger. I thought that was awesome, and her salesperson corrected her but told her how much I liked it, so she just kept calling me Ginger. That's actually the origin of the "ginger" in my name, even though my hair WAS red when I joined MFP.

I get Jan and Jane all the time. Hard to believe that it's so rare for someone to go by Jen instead of Jenny. It was the most common girl name in the late 70s and early 80s. I switched to Jen when I was one of 10 girls named Jennifer/Jenny in one class.

I also get a lot of "janey-fear" when I get calls from overseas.

Kayla... My old neighbor of probably 15 years still think my name is Kaitlyn.... I get Kara and Kylie a lot... sometimes Kayle.... Sometimes I'll correct you (if there is a chance that I'll have a long standing relationship with you), but most times I just answer to whatever K name they use. Oh and my step sister is Kyla (poor girl, my mom calls her Kayla a lot! LOL at least I don't still live at home).

Had a LOT of issues with my maiden name (Wiles). Got Wiley's, Willie's. Really? How hard is it? The only one who seemed to get it right was our pastor "Wiles of the Devil" anyone? LOL

And my married name is NOT pronounced like it is spelled because it is German. It is pronounced Chrone, but always get croon. I used to correct people, but now I can't be bothered, but a little piece of me dies every time a family member mispronounces it (I'm talking my hubby's cousins who have known him their whole lives. Come on people!).