Anyone with an unusual name out there, How do you deal with it?

My name is extremely unusual. I hate having to correct people all the time and I always have to spell it over and over again. It's so annoying. When I have children, they will all have common names, I don't want them to have to go through what I went through. Do you feel the same way or do you embrace your name?


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Anyone with an unusual name out there, How do you deal with it?
I have a unusual name Lokelani Malu, and no one can say it or spell it most call me lola or lani but i love having a name that no one has and yea im always correcting someone but you know what i rather correct them than have 2 or more people in a class with the same name and plus on top of that it makes me different from everyone else i love havin this name even though it gets annoying telling everyone how to say it
Reply:I think I have a unusual name ( Dallas ) but yes it get old telling people now I got that name. But if she cute I have no problem telling the story about how I got name that. So what is your name? Oh I named my daughter Silver Rae and she love the name.
Reply:I think everyone has a problem with their own name at some point or another. My name is Jacqueline, but I go by my middle name, Nicole, since I never liked my first name. My daughter's name is Cadence, and although I didn't think that was a hard name to pronounce, I still get nurses at her doctor's office calling her "Candace". People have a hard time with most names. I'm sure your name is beautiful.
Reply:well, i usually try to get over it when i'm asked to spell it or they write it wrong. i try to be patient, and if i'm talking to someone cool i'll tell them the story behind it, try to make it fun.
Reply:well when i was growing up i had an uncommon name ... Mia nowadays it seems to be popular. but i hated having to correct people all the time its Me-Ah not My-Ah. also i was named after my grandmother... whom i never liked me so that made me hate the name even more. now on that not i still think i would be able to give my child an unusual name. with the reasoning that they have nick names. Mia 3 letters no real way to NN that. so as long as the have possibility on what they want to be called i have no problems with unusual or uncommon names





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Reply:My name is Blaire and never had a problem with it,except spelling now n then,but I have a female cousin named Dayne and shes always been hassled about being a guy instead!=)
Reply:My name is quite unusual, Calli, and I always have to spell it as well as my last name. It doesn't really bother me too much - I've gotten used to it. I quite like my first name and being a bit different :)
Reply:Hmmm, that's very interesting. I myself have a sort of oddball middle name, but I just don't really tell it to people. Regardless of which, it's still my name, and while I may not like it very much I do embrace it. I probably wouldn't give my kids a weird name, but not a common one either. I'd want them to stand out.
Reply:My name is Angelic - but it is prounounced - An je leek - (Angelique) People are constantly saying it wrong and it does bug me. The answer I found is that my changing the spelling helps. So now I spell it Angelique





I have grown to like my name and most of my friends call me Angel, Angie or Ang.





But there are still people who call me Angela, Angelica, or Angeline. . .





I also find that getting a keychain or other object with my name is very difficult.





Oh well.
Reply:I have a unusual name...I am always correcting people as well and spelling it.....and I love it! I have 2 children now and a possible #3....when I had my daughter I named her a name which at the time, 10 years ago, was uncommon and my son who is 2 I also named a uncommon name!


The only down side I have found is I have never been able to go out and buy one of those keychains with my name on it:)
Reply:My name is unusual .... Cozette. I go by "Cody" Its much easier for people to remember. I started going by my nickname in 7th grade when I changed schools. Although people did find it fasinating that "Cozette" is french for Cinderella. Good Luck :)
Reply:i havent my name is boring amy...but my sisters are called pia and evangeline they love there names and most people think there beautiful, pia did get teeses by a girl she feel out with she called her pia pissed the bed, but pia dont care because shes a strong gal.... johnny cash sung a song about a man called sue, and because of his name he became a stronger person.
Reply:I have a common name sorry. What is your name anyway??
Reply:Be proud of your unusual name. Sometimes its nice to be different. My daughters name is July like the month and she gets people calling her Julie. She doesnt mind because she knows that her name is different than most names and it was given to her in love.
Reply:My name is Natalya and i hate correcting people but i love the fact that when i was in school or go somewhere when they try to say my name i can atleast tell their talking to me, rather than them saying jessica and like 5 people stand up.. im naming my daughter kalley and already everyone thinks its either pronounced like kalie or kelly and shes not even born yet but i cant see being confused with her name so im just going to wish her luck when shes old enough to have to explain it to people
Reply:well my name is Tamara and believe it or not people would mess it up. They always though it was SARAH which annoyed me. And some people tried calling me Tammy UGH%26gt;





One annoying thing was in school whenever the teacher would talk about "tomorrow" my heart would skip a beat because I thought they were going to ask me a question.


I was painfully shy. ugh


Thank goodness you are giving your children nice common easy names :)
Reply:My sons both have unique names, Jaymz(james) and he has to spell it for everyone but he really likes his name. We named him that so people wouldn't nickname him Jim or Jimmy instead he may get Jay when he's older and even at 11yrs of age no one yet has called him Jim or Jimmy or even Jay for that matter. Our other son' his name is Nicco(nee-co), we wanted him to have a nice name that wasn't common in schools and he will likely get the nickname Nick when he gets older. We have to spell both our sons name for everyone but we enjoy and love thenames we gave our sons, they both are strong names.
Reply:My husbands name is Cornelius I know not that weird but he has always been known as Cornie ever since he was born (cultural thing) I remember when I met him he said his name and my friend and I made fun of it only to find out his friend that was standing close to us had the same name (ya our faces were red) But I have gotten used to it he just has to always say to people his name is Cornelius when he calls somewhere so they dont gu "huh?" when he says Cornie ...
Reply:I disagree cause I have the exact opposite problem. My name is too common. I know way to many people with my name. Where ever I go there is always someone else with the same name as me. I run into more all the time. I do like my name but I'm thinking of going by something different. I don't know if I would give my kids uncommon names but I will at least not name any of my kids after me.
Reply:I knew someone named Tuesdai, everyone made fun of her. I felt bad for her she liked her name but when people make fun of you all the time it doesnt feel to good





A name that i like is Ocktober Rae, spelled the german way.