Name spelling?

[ely3857]

Do people ever spell your name wrong? How much does this annoy you?

My name is Jodie Ding.

I get....

Jody
Jodi
Jodey
Joedy
Joedey

Almost never is my name spelt correctly. This doesnt bother me in the slightest but I do wonder where these spellings come from!

My surname on the other hand is a wonderfull source of amusement!

Dean
Dene
Dina
Dinn

Ding? 'your surname is Ding?' 'Yeap D-I-N-G, Ding'



Jodie

 

[FizzyPop]

Well my first name nobody spells wrong but my surname thats different

My surname is Aho Its finnish and it sounds as strange as it looks, so not many people say it right either

 

[florida sun]

Hi Jodie

My first name is Suzanne, but I always use Sue, not many variations on that, but people do have fun spelling my Last name which is WEBBLEY, I have had:


Wibbley
Wobbley
Woobley
Weebly


Sue

 

[mushumadness]

both my names seem to be difficult for people

instead of anna i get...

hannah (which I dont like o be called at all)
Anne
Annie!!! what part of anna sounds like annie

and as for crawshaw I get

carshow
kershaw
cranshaw
rawshaw

you name it, lol

 

[wilma-bride]

I think the worst thing with my name is that people either spell it

Joe - which is a BOYS NAME

or, even worse

at work, when responding to letters/emails some people actually write John, thinking I have accidentally missed off the 'n' when I have signed my name - as if I don't know how to spell my own name

It doesn't bother me if people miss off the 'h' as I accept that I am awkward for spelling it like that. But it does wind me up when I get Joe or John

And, as for the surname, people usually put two l's in it so we normally get

Allcock, which of course is even more embarrassing than the real thing

 

[diberry]

I must admit I get very very cross when people get my first name wrong. It's Diana which is not a name I particularly like but it's not that difficult either, yet everybody calls me Diane which is not a bad name at all - just not my name. I can't understand why people find that extra syllable so difficult. I absolutely hate it but have yet to find a suitable way of dealing with it. If I introduce myself as Diana you can bet your bottom dollar I'll be called Diane the next time we meet and if I introduce myself as Di it actually gets lengthened to Diane. When we moved her 27 years ago I introduced myself to everybody as Di, which is what DH has always called me, and yet nearly all the neighbours call me Diane. Even my FIL called me Diane to his dying day. I thought when Princess Diana came on the scene that that would help - but it didn't!!! It really grates with me - makes me furious in fact but I can't think of a solution except to wear a sign round my neck saying :"It's Diana with an "A"!!!!!

 

[JohnnySharp2]

My surname is SHARP , however, the number of people who put SHARPE surprises and annoys me.

 

[gilld]

If you think you all have problems with your name being spelled correctly, you ought to have a surname like us - DANCYGER!! A nightmare!!!

 

[JohnnySharp2]

If you think you all have problems with your name being spelled correctly, you ought to have a surname like us - DANCYGER!! A nightmare!!!

Makes my problem seem very straight-forward.

 

[Bonnie]

People always mishear my name, especially on the phone, so I get:

Polly (the most common)
Connie
Holly
Johnny
Bernie
Dolly
Lolly
Vonny
Buffy (yes, I actually received a package from a telephone order company addressed to Buffy!)

I also get a lot of people who spell it Bonny or ask me what my "real name" is! How cheeky. Most people think it's short for either Bonita or Yvonne and are really surprised when I tell them it's my actual name, and that it's on my birth certificate!

My surname is Gough which is sometimes spelt Goff or Gogh, although with the arrival of Darren Gough it has got slightly better! Whenever I give my name to someone I always say "Gough, that's G-O-U-G-H" because when I was growing up my mum would always do that, hehe! Most times they nod and have already spelt it correctly.

The pronunciation of my last name is quite something else, though. Goff, Guff, Gow, Go, Goog, Goof, Goag... the list goes on!

 

[JohnnySharp2]

People always mishear my name, especially on the phone, so I get:

Polly (the most common)
Connie
Holly
Johnny
Bernie
Dolly
Lolly
Vonny
Buffy (yes, I actually received a package from a telephone order company addressed to Buffy!)

Hey there is nothing wrong with Johnny, great name

 

[Minniespal]

Depends how I am feeling when I see it. If I am in a good mood it usually doesn't bother me and I will have a chuckle about it but if I am feeling a little grumpy it really irriatates me.

I have had people call me Florance, flo and for some strange reason Frances

 

[Madjock]

Yes my name usually always ends up being spelt Anne-Marie, even when I have spelt it out for people “no E at the end of Anne and no hyphen”!

What infuriates me though, totally makes my blood boil, is when I’ve introduced myself to someone and they then call me Anne! If my name was Anne I would’ve told you it was Anne but it’s not it’s Annmarie, arrrrggggh
Sorry can you tell how much this irritates me

 

[AlanUK]

It's not all that hard to get Alan wrong, although some people go for the different spellings, the most common of which seems to be Allan. I can't say it particularly bothers me unless it is on an important document, in which case I would get it corrected.

What annoys me far more is that my dads side of the family seem to think that Kaylee is called Kylie Even after she has been introduced as Kaylee and they have had numerous Christmas and birthday cards from Alan & Kaylee we still get them for Alan & Kylie

 

[JohnnySharp2]

It's not all that hard to get Alan wrong, although some people go for the different spellings, the most common of which seems to be Allan. I can't say it particularly bothers me unless it is on an important document, in which case I would get it corrected.

What annoys me far more is that my dads side of the family seem to think that Kaylee is called Kylie Even after she has been introduced as Kaylee and they have had numerous Christmas and birthday cards from Alan & Kaylee we still get them for Alan & Kylie

Is she not Australian then?

 

[AlanUK]

No she's not Australian and to top it off she doesn't even like Neighbours

 

[Funniebunny]

My first name is Emma but I have had it spelt Emmer and my Father-in-Law, who calls me Em, once sent me a card with M on it. Now I thought I had the easiest name in the world but obviously not.

My surname in Beresford, the English seem to be ok with this but American's have great difficulty spelling and saying it. There are many variations: Berrisford, Berresford, Berisford etc.

I really don't understand why people find names difficult so I usually spell it to them phonetically but they still get it wrong.

 

[SEVANS2208]

My surname is Evans which you can't really go wrong with, apart from our foreign call centre friends who pronounce it "E Vans"!

My first name is Sarah which is quite common but people still get it wrong - often the "h" goes in the wrong place!

The only thing that really winds me up though is people shortening Sarah to "Sar" (rhyming with stair!).

 

[KayleeUK]

I know my name is not common, but it does annoy me when people I have known for a very long time still spell my name wrong

 

[floridalol]

My first name is Laurence. 99% of all letters I receive are spelt Lawrence.
But I've always been known as Lol. Since computerspeak has decided that this means Laugh Out Loud lots of people think I am being rude when I sign off my emails Lol!!!! For some unknown reason someone said to me "can I call you Larry" when I introduced myself as Laurence but that I'm known as Lol, my reply was (toned down for these sensitive boards) "only if you want to brush your teeth through another orifice!"

Lol