Does Anyone have their names constantly mispronounced?? Sia

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  • Nitachi
    Nitachi Posts: 142
    Ha want to see any of you pronounce my name correctly...Ruan :)
  • harrydresden
    harrydresden Posts: 37
    People get "Leo", just fine, but the full Russian name that Leo is a shortening of, people don't get. Plus, my Romanian surname is always, always mispronounced!

    It gets to me, that even when I spell my surname out, loud and clear, on invoices and letters, sure enough, it's spelled wrong.
  • spicy618
    spicy618 Posts: 2,114 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?

    Hi Yvonne!

    My name is Yvonne too :flowerforyou:

    I always get Y-von, Ivan or E Von NE :laugh:
  • loisd82
    loisd82 Posts: 24 Member
    My name is Lois, pronounced the American way - Low-iss but in Wales where i live there is another pronounciation with the same spelling which is pronounced Loys (as in rhymes with Boys) I hate it!!! but teachers at school would refuse to pronounce my name correctly as they said i was Welsh so would have to pronounce my name as such. After i argued with them i refused to answer them in class. My 3 BIL's often come out with it to wind me up though, lol!!!
  • loisd82
    loisd82 Posts: 24 Member
    Ha want to see any of you pronounce my name correctly...Ruan :)
    I'm guessing either Roo-ann or Rone?
  • Nitachi
    Nitachi Posts: 142
    Ha want to see any of you pronounce my name correctly...Ruan :)
    I'm guessing either Roo-ann or Rone?

    More like Row-an...nice try though :tongue:
  • anima_gemella
    anima_gemella Posts: 243 Member
    Well, I'm roberta... n 4 sum reason I turn into Rebecca....the worst is being called Roberto.... Im a girl! :( lol

    My sisters name was Roberta :)) I love it !! She got Robyn mostly

    I just tell them to call me roro or roby lol but they always get it wrong..oh i forgot ..someone called me ruperta lol which is so ugly :/ xx
  • SmartAlec03211988
    SmartAlec03211988 Posts: 1,896 Member
    Name is Stephen.

    Simple, right? Apparently not. I've heard Stefen and Stefan... when it's STEPHEN! You know, like Steven? Except with a PH instead? D'oh!
  • LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo
    LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo Posts: 3,634 Member
    My full name is Jaclyn, a very simple name but is very Americanized. I remember when I was in 2nd grade, my teacher always pronounce my name as Jacylyn. Meanwhile my amigos pronounce it as Yakelin. Anyway I hate that name because I find it too feminine & just prefer to be called Jack or Jackie.
  • Goldenwoof
    Goldenwoof Posts: 535 Member
    People always butcher my last name, and that blows my mind. It's actually very simple. Just use all the letters in order from left to right.

    Mihaljevic

    For anyone who may be wondering, it's Croatian, and it's pronounced mi-HAL-je-vic. See? Simple. :)
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    Not my first name, but my last name is Vallandingham.

    It's phonetic. It's easy. Landing, with Val on one side and ham on the other.

    It get's mipronounced so many different ways.

    Invariably, when someone like a bank clerk hears my name, they will say either: "That's a long one." or "That's a mouthful."\

    my reply is always, "That's what she said."
  • jennajava
    jennajava Posts: 2,176 Member
    I'm Jenna. (Jen-nuh). People always call me "jee-nuh," jenny, or jennifer (how the HECK did you get that?), or try to spell it Jeanna, Gena, Jena.

    My last name is Coffee. When people ask how to spell it, I say, "Like the drink."

    I get...Coffey, Coffe, Cofee, Coffeey...and I think, "Is that how you've spelled coffee your whole life?"

    ETA: My name is phonetic, so I don't get the mess-ups. I could, however, understand mispronouncing names with foreign origins, or non-phonetic spellings.
  • jennajava
    jennajava Posts: 2,176 Member
    Not my first name, but my last name is Vallandingham.

    It's phonetic. It's easy. Landing, with Val on one side and ham on the other.

    It get's mipronounced so many different ways.

    Invariably, when someone like a bank clerk hears my name, they will say either: "That's a long one." or "That's a mouthful."\

    my reply is always, "That's what she said."

    I love you.
  • Coltsman4ever
    Coltsman4ever Posts: 602 Member
    My friend Bob has had this problem his whole life.
  • SeasideOasis
    SeasideOasis Posts: 1,057 Member
    My name is Summer Aims.

    Yes...The season.
    Yes...Aims, as in "Aims the ball".

    WHAT THE HECK IS THE ISSUE??? I don't even want to get into the ways people SPELL my first name...Oh yes, there is confusion.
  • anima_gemella
    anima_gemella Posts: 243 Member
    My friend Bob has had this problem his whole life.

    that made me lol so much!
  • calimari
    calimari Posts: 202 Member
    People always say Mary... but it's Mari... like M-AH r E

    My name is also Mari (rhymes with sorry, or calamari). I get Mary, Marie, Marnie, Marty, Marcia, Margot, Marlie, Maura, Maury....

    But I love my name!
  • KaciWood19
    KaciWood19 Posts: 396 Member
    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?

    Funny!!! My name is Kaci, pronounced like Casey. People call me "Khaki" or "Cassie" alot.
  • sofaking6
    sofaking6 Posts: 4,589 Member
    Double post..see below :)
  • sofaking6
    sofaking6 Posts: 4,589 Member
    Mine is 100% of the time but it's my mom's fault!!! My name is spelled Elissa, but pronounced Eh-Lee-Sah as if there were only one "s". So I can't blame everyone for calling me "Eh-Lih-Sah". :(
  • jlnk
    jlnk Posts: 188 Member
    My name is Jacci...pronounced like Jackie.

    People never get it right...I'm always Jacci rhymes with Stacey
  • alisahaggard
    alisahaggard Posts: 29
    Ha! What Alissa said, except mine is Alisa - like A-Lisa...sigh
  • Majunta
    Majunta Posts: 575
    Yep...people constantly call me Mary! But my name is Marianne. I corrected one guy and he said, "whatever". So the next time I talked with him I called him George...his real name is Joe. Hahahaha
  • try2basunbeam
    try2basunbeam Posts: 128
    Last name Sinnen...
    I get Simmons --I say, I'm not a mattress factory...
    Sinner...that's true enough
    Finnen...not a swimmin' sinnen...

    Every time I have to tell someone my name...it's "s" as in Sam , "i", "n" as in Nancy, "n" as in Nancy, "e" as in Edward and "n" as in Nancy...yes, 3 n's.
  • PeaceLuvVeggies
    PeaceLuvVeggies Posts: 375 Member
    ME! People always say Gazelle, I'm not an animal. Jeez.
  • Zee48
    Zee48 Posts: 789 Member
    carolinehearn I love your telephone response because I do the same thing. My given name is Zephra and rarely does anyone pronounce it correctly – sadly even people who have known me for the past 63 years!!! So when the telecommunicators call I know it is not someone that knows me and the name they pronounce is not me.

    I worked in an office for many years and was also an OTR truck driver and after pronouncing my name I have still been addressed as Ethyl, Rebecca and various other names which really irritate me but after all these years I guess I should let it go. When I have to hand my DL over for ID they just look at it like they got hit on the head with a big rock! It was really bad when my last name was Reinitz.

    People just don't pay attention to others is what I think it boils down to.
  • coe28
    coe28 Posts: 715 Member
    Good lord, I know all about this one!!

    Okay, first name is Veronica but have been called Victoria more times than I could ever count. They remember the "V" and then just assume it's Victoria. No. It's not.

    Middle name is Lea (pronounced Lee), but everyone pronounces it like Leah. Nope.

    My maiden last name was Shell. Simple! Sounds just like it looks! But I constantly got called "Shnell" or people would spell it with a "c" in it. Really, it's not that difficult!!
  • lmbame905
    lmbame905 Posts: 83 Member
    Lauri. Rhymes with Sorry, not Story.
    Not Laurie, Lorrie, Lori, Laura or Lauren
    Last name Bame. Rhymes with Name.
    Not Bamma, not Baume, not Bame', not Bam.

    36 years. And my married name won't be any better. Theis. How do you suppose we pronounce that? It isn't what you think . :)
  • adlwilmot
    adlwilmot Posts: 117
    Mine is Alexandra. The female version on Alexander. Simples, no? Well apparently not. I flip my lid each time I get a letter or email from someone saying "Dear Alexander". Barclays bank were probably the best; I filled in an application form for a current account which also doubled as an application form for a credit card. I ticked the "Ms" box and sure enough, my current account was set up in the name of "Ms Alexandra xxxxx" However, the dumb idiot who inputted the info for the credit card obviously missed that box and couldn't read either, cos the credit card arrived in the name of "Mr Alexander xxx" I phoned them to point out the error and asked them to rectify it, to which they refused, saying that I was female and the card was in the name of a male. DUH!!!!! I threatened to go and max the card out as "Mr Alexander xxxx" didn't exist. Eventually they cancelled the card at my request. Idiots! It's "Alexandra". Got it?!?!
  • fuhrmeister
    fuhrmeister Posts: 1,796 Member
    my madien nmae is Fuhrmeister (fur my stir) people have coem up with some crazy stuff.

    My married name is HammAck not HammOck
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