You need to change name because I am dumb

[ArcticChicken]

It's spelled Raymond Luxury Yacht, but it's pronounced Throat-Warbler Mangrove

My favorite one of those is Charmondely Featheringstonehaugh (pronounces "Chumley Fanshaw")

[Whiskey]

Nobody listens. My first name is relatively common, I'd answer the phone and customers would say, "Oh, Kathy (or Holly, or Ginger, or Irene, or Sally...etc) can you help me please?"

I can beat this.

I got Max once.


My name is starts with an A and I'm a girl

[Ben_Who]

The grade above mine in grade school had Shaun, Shawn, and Sean, in a class of 26 people. It must have been a nightmare for the teacher.

Had another teacher who had a hell of a time getting names right if for some reason it connected in his mind with another name. So Jarrett became Jared and Shanna became Shawna. Also, if he had taught an older sibling of the same gender, he invariably called you by the name of the next eldest. So Aaron became Bryan and Valerie became Sarah. He taught all three Keegan boys within five years of each other and made Michael into Tom and Jason into Michael. If there had been a fourth brother, he invariably would have been called Jason no matter what his name.

Love, Who?

[C. Cecil Ivanish]

Besides the fact that I am surprised that so few people here are willing to give their own first names

I am assistant coach in a Ladies' rugby team. Besides the fact that I saw Seonaidh quite often spelled Shona or Shawna and Angela called Anna, we have some non-British players (one of which is my wife by the way). One of them is a Finnish lady whose name sounds very similar to "Terry". Well, guess how does one of the coaches who sometimes come up to assist call her... yes, of course, it is evident.
Steve.

[SailorMan]

Without giving my first name away on here...I am commonly mistaken for a breath mint.

I know! I know! Ms. Certs?!? (Now with retsin)

[Crossbow]

Oh, I can imagine the feeling - my cousin has a fairly common name but it is spelled with one small letter change. He regularly gets heck every time he needs to spell it because he "is spelling it wrong".

Oh, gods. I get this pretty much daily and have to remind them that "Sorry, my spelling is older than yours. STFU."

[Magpie]

My office-mate's brother is an "Iain". Yes, they're of Scottish heritage. The family lived in the southern states for a while, and people kept telling the mother that she was pronouncing her son's name incorrectly. ("Ee-in", same as Ian).

My name is starts with an A and I'm a girl

I know Whiskey's name!

[TelephoneAngel]

Without giving my first name away on here...I am commonly mistaken for a breath mint.

Polo-mint is that really you?

[hotelslave]

My name is Jessie I get people routinely calling me Michelle Jackie Jeffrey and Jenny

[BookstoreEscapee]

Nobody listens. My first name is relatively common, I'd answer the phone and customers would say, "Oh, Kathy (or Holly, or Ginger, or Irene, or Sally...etc) can you help me please?"

My first name is not common, but is similar to a common name. It's kinda like Eileen, but it starts with Al, like "pal"...I used to get "Sally" all the time on the phone. I used to say "Thank you for calling Bookstore in Town, this is ..." so I get how they're hearing Sally. But the people who insisted on getting my name before we could go on with the conversation drove me nuts, because they invariably heard it wrong, repeated back the wrong thing, I'd say it again, they'd get it wrong again (often the same wrong and then I'd just say "Yes, how can I help you today?") (Incidentally, I worked at one point with an Elaine, an Alina, and a Marleen, all at the same time.) There are people I've known for years who call me Aileen cuz I just gave up.

I know Whiskey's name!

I know Amina's name! Looked it up in the Christmas Card list cuz I couldn't figure out what breath mint sounds like a person's name.

[C. Cecil Ivanish]

Looked it up in the Christmas Card list cuz I couldn't figure out what breath mint sounds like a person's name.

D'uh!
I was thinking of Polo - Paula?

[Lucky Charm]

I know the feeling. My name is one letter off from a fairly common boys' name and one letter off from traditional variations of other girls' names. I have never had a teacher or customer pronounce my name correctly.