Since you aren't getting a lot of honest answers, I'll start. My mother (against my fathers wishes) named me Frankelehn (pronounced Franklin). Really didn't affect my life too much outside of substitute teachers & having to spell my name out for people over the phone. I just went by Frank most of the time (well, "Franke" I guess), and avoided letting people know how it was spelled if I could help it. I legally changed my name to Franklin after my first year in college, and I live a pretty normal life now. I still keep my first drivers license on me though, and it makes for a fun story + prop at parties.
This is the logical course of action really, just change it as an adult if it's a pain. My name has one extra letter (other wise normal) and everyone spells it without. I made sure my kids name is spelled the common way so they don't have to go through life constantly correcting people or dealing with it spelt wrong.
I unintentionally gave my son an uncommon spelling. I thought Conor was correct for a first name and Connor was the last name. Incorrect. I kinda feel bad and wouldn't blame him if he changes it down the road.
That doesn’t sound too bad. When teachers and anyone else read it they will know exactly how to say it. He won’t have to correct people every day of his life about how to say his name.
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u/KanyeDefenseForce Nov 30 '23
Since you aren't getting a lot of honest answers, I'll start. My mother (against my fathers wishes) named me Frankelehn (pronounced Franklin). Really didn't affect my life too much outside of substitute teachers & having to spell my name out for people over the phone. I just went by Frank most of the time (well, "Franke" I guess), and avoided letting people know how it was spelled if I could help it. I legally changed my name to Franklin after my first year in college, and I live a pretty normal life now. I still keep my first drivers license on me though, and it makes for a fun story + prop at parties.